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Delegates to the 2015 Congress of Delegates here addressed a number of health policy issues, including making medications affordable for patients and conducting more research on marijuana. Other topics tackled included immunization exemptions and student loan repayment.
Affordable Medication
During the Reference Committee on Advocacy hearing on Sept. 28, family physicians discussed a pair of closely related resolutions that addressed the availability of affordable pharmaceuticals. The conversation was sparked, in part, by the recent news that Turing Pharmaceuticals had acquired the drug pyrimethamine (Daraprim) and immediately increased its price from $13.50 to $750 per tablet -- a jump of more than 5,000 percent.
Oregon delegate Glenn Rodriguez, M.D., of Milwaukie, testified in support of both resolutions, one of which the Oregon AFP had submitted.
"Our efforts to deliver the triple aim are overwhelmed by some of the other cost drivers in the system, and one of the biggest right now...
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