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The Cost of Prescription Drugs for the Uninsured Elderly and Legislative Approaches

The purpose of this report is to explain why many of those who are least able to afford high drug costs are those who are most frequently charged the most. This report describes the basic economic theory underlying price differentiation and, in the context of the pharmaceutical market, analyzes the role and behavior of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), pharmaceutical manufacturers, and retail pharmacies, respectively. It also looks at a number of the criticisms that have been made of the practi… more

Date: January 16, 2001

Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Firestone Tire Recall: NHTSA, Industry, and Congressional Responses

This report discusses the scope and nature of the safety challenge associated with the Firestone tire recall, and summarizes NHTSA’s defect investigations process (as of the end of the 106th Congress) and several relevant actions that NHTSA has taken to date. Second, some of the key efforts of Ford Motor Company (Ford) and Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. (Firestone) to deal with this challenge and associated economic impacts of the reported tire failures, and the recall are summarized

Date: January 24, 2001

Creator: Rothberg, Paul F.; Bass, Gwenell L. & Thompson, Duane A.