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High hopes, high costs: when research produces expensive therapies, what can be done to end injustices in access?

Publication: Inside MS
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: High hopes, high costs: when research produces expensive therapies, what can be done to end injustices in access?(fighting for changes)

Article Excerpt
One of the most anguished health-care concerns voiced by people with MS is the high cost of prescription drugs. New drugs arrive on the market, hope soars, and then many people who need the therapy discover the cost is prohibitive.

This phenomenon isn't restricted to people with MS--but expense of new drugs for other conditions can be relieved in time by the appearance of more affordable "generic" versions. A generic drug is one that contains exactly the same active ingredient(s) at the same strength as the brand-name drug. But there is no generic competition for most of the MS disease-modifying therapies. (See why not in the box on page 60.)

Access to affordable prescription drugs

A recent Society-sponsored survey of 983 people with MS in the United States found that 96.3% had some form of health insurance--a notably higher percentage than the general population. Still some 70% of all surveyed said they had at least some difficulty paying for health care, including 30% who said they delayed or postponed seeking care...

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