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Pricing of Breast Cancer Drugs on Long Island: Breast Cancer Victims Face Discriminatory Prices

House Committee on Government Reform
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Special Investigations Division
Abstract
In response to the disproportionately high rates of breast cancer in Long Island, the Special Investigations Divison of the House Committee on Government Reform analyzed how price discrimination affected the cost of prescription drugs purchased by women with breast cancer in Long Island. The investigation found price discrimination forces women on Long Island to pay inflated prices for breast cancer drugs and costs them thousands of dollars each year. What's more, they found that drug manufacturers, not pharmacists, are primarily responsible for the high prices paid by women on Long Island.
Date
2000-03-13
Document Type
House Minority Staff Report
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13 pages
Congress
106
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/885
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PAP Major Code
3: Health
PAP Minor Code
335: Prescription Drug Coverage and Costs
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https://web.archive.org/web/20051024231708/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=349&Issue=Prescription+Drugs
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