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New Yorkers Get Local Drug Price Information Online
Dec. 6, 2004 New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer will joint the New York AARP today to announce increased efforts
by both to inform New Yorkers online where they can find the best prices on
popular prescription drugs.
Spitzers prescription drug price Website
www.nyagrz.org - will post the prescription drug prices gathered
around the state
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Prescription Drug Price Increases Continue to
Outpace Inflation: AARP Study
Dec. 6, 2004 - A new report released today by AARP
found the annual rate of manufacturers' price increases for the 197
brand name prescription drugs most commonly used by older Americans more
than tripled the rate of inflation over the 12 month period ending on
September 30, 2004. More...
12/06/04*
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by AARP volunteers in the program named AARP Rx
Watchdog. The site currently has information on 25 drugs that was
gathered in a survey by the attorney general.
Viewers can search the site by city, county, zip
code or distance to find prices at pharmacies convenient to them
The New York AARP group and Spitzer will release
their national and state surveys results on prescription drug pricing
and announce the launch of a joint effort to enlist New York senior
citizens to help make prescription drugs more affordable in New York.
The "AARP Rx Watchdog" program, which monitors and
reports on drug prices across the nation. will recruit seniors to assist
the Attorney General's office with monitoring drug prices at pharmacies
throughout the state. These seniors will visit their local pharmacies to
survey the retail prices of the 50 most popular prescription drugs in
New York, including those most frequently prescribed to older New
Yorkers, and submit the prices to the AG's office.
Rx Watchdog is a national program of AARP -
Click Here.
At the news conference today in the New York AARP
office, Bill Novelli, AARP CEO and John Rother, AARP Director, Public
Policy will also announce the latest results of the national AARP
Watchdog study on prescription drug pricing in the country.
Nearly one in five seniors living in the State of
New York have no coverage for medications and one of three of these
seniors without drug coverage are skipping doses of medication or not
filling a prescription because of cost concerns. One-fifth of the
state's 2.4 million seniors have monthly out-of- pocket expenses of more
than $100 for prescription drugs. These drug costs can vary
significantly from one pharmacy to another
More than 5.6 million New Yorkers and about
450,000 seniors lack coverage for prescription drugs and may have had to
pay the full price for their medications out of their own pockets.
Additionally, many New Yorkers with insurance lack adequate coverage for
prescription drugs and must buy them at full price. If you are one of
these New Yorkers or a care giver for one of them, this site may help
you, says the New York Website.
In our most recent statewide survey, we found that
prices of the top ten most commonly prescribed drugs for the seniors
varied greatly across the state. For example, Norvasc (dosage: 5mg;
quantity: 30 tabs), a top high blood pressure reducing drug, cost almost
three times as much at one pharmacy than another, reports the AGs
Website.
New York law
requires all pharmacies to provide their Drug Retail Price List,
which is a recent print-out of their prices for the 150 most commonly
prescribed drugs. Pharmacies must also prominently post a sign informing
you that their Drug Retail Price List is available.
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