Internet tool will help consumers compare drug prices
It's going to get easier to shop for the best prices on prescription drugs when the federal government goes live with a new price comparision tool on its Medicare web site. The site, intended to help Medicare beneficiaries, will help other consumers, too, according to this New York Times story. The tool will start working later this month.
Meanwhile, some folks continue to buy their drugs from Canada. Read my story on the highly political, enormously profitable cross-border drug trade.
Today, a U.S. non-profit group, Results for America, announced it will collect stories from Canadians who have trouble filling prescriptions due to shortages caused by drug manufacturers' supply cutbacks. Manufacturers have cut off some Canadian pharmacies that sell to Americans. Canadians are asked to report shortages at this site.
