Rep. Cohen will introduce bill to legalize medical marijuana use in PA
He will model the bill after one currently in consideration in New Jersey.
All Lancaster Co. residents eligible for new prescription drug discount program
The cards can be used by anyone — regardless of age, income or existing health care coverage — to buy prescription drugs for themselves, their pets and their farm animals; reports the Intelligencer Journal.
Business editor: New state-run prescription price finder is a start, not a solution to medication problems
Ron Bartizek uses a personal example to describe one fault with the prescription price-finding website.
Health coalition’s new campaign will try to figure out new guidelines for how to decide the best health treatments
They will discuss that provision in the economic stimulus bill that calls for “comparative effectiveness” research, which will aim to determine which treatments work best, but that some worry will cause the government to refuse effective treatments that are considered too expensive.
New state website lets consumer compare the cost of their prescriptions
The new tool gives consumers a list of local pharmacies, and each pharmacy’s price for a medication.
Study examines how consumers get their info about medications
Consumers are more likely to receive information about medications from magazine advertisements that include a “drug facts box,” rather than the brief summaries currently used, writes Kaiser Network News.
Drugmakers fighting a stimulus provision
The provision they’re against would spend $1.1 billion on research comparing medical treatments.
Will drug companies soon be banned from advertising directly to consumers?
Obama’s administration looks to be more open to changing the rules on direct-to-consumer advertising by drug companies.
Corbett settles discount drug card scam case
Peoples Benefit Services misled older people by claiming their discount drug cards were endorsed by the government and could result in significant savings on medication and treatment.
Study reveals best antidepressants
The study’s research team reviewed 117 studies from 1991 to 2007 that compared the response and drop-out rates of the drugs among more than 25,000 men and women with major depression, reports Reuters.