PRINTER'S NO. 1787
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
346
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, DRISCOLL, FREEMAN, MURT, SCHLOSSBERG,
RABB, CAUSER, McNEILL, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, MILLARD,
KINSEY, O'BRIEN, DeLUCA, DAWKINS, MOUL, FRANKEL AND KORTZ,
MAY 22, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MAY 22, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
study on prescription drug pricing and issue a report.
WHEREAS, Residents of this Commonwealth have experienced
increasingly costly out-of-pocket expenses for prescription
drugs; and
WHEREAS, Rising costs for prescription drugs too frequently
result in a patient's inability to pay for prescriptions and
subsequently not filling their prescription, cutting pills in
half or skipping doses; and
WHEREAS, Despite the needed financial assistance offered by
drug manufacturers to help patients pay for prescription drugs,
many patients cannot afford the mounting costs of prescriptions;
and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth must examine ways to create
fairness and address high costs for patients; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
State Government Commission to conduct a study on prescription
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