The vast majority of American voters say that prescription drug prices are too high, and Congress must do something to lower costs for patients, a new poll shows.
Hart Research Associates and North Star Opinion Research conducted the poll on drug pricing, and found that “more voters identify the cost of health care as a top issue Congress and the president should address… than any other issue,” and more than 8 in 10 voters “think prices charged for prescription drugs are unreasonable.”
- 84 percent think drug prices are unreasonable.
- 45 percent think prices are very unreasonable.
- 75 percent “think drug manufacturers had a lot of responsibility for the high cost.”
The poll also found that the vast majority of American voters support allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices or similar policies.
- 95 percent support “Medicare drug negotiation for drugs with no competition in the marketplace.”
- 43 percent think that “allowing Medicare to negotiate with manufacturers to lower prices for expensive, single source drugs is a good approach.
- 49 percent think such an approach “does not go far enough to control drug prices.”
“In our experience, the voter intensity and anger about prescription drug pricing is at a record level,” Geoff Garin, president of Hart Research Associates, and Whit Ayers, president of North Star Opinion Research, wrote in The Hill. “We believe it reflects the trends for higher deductibles and cost-sharing over time, high launch prices, price increases, reported profits of the pharmaceutical industry and years of unrealized policymaker pledges.”
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