US wants drug prices in TV ads: `Patients deserve to know`
(WorldNews Health)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The federal government said Monday that it wants to force drugmakers to disclose prices for prescription medicines in their TV commercials. The drug industry`s main trade group said drug companies are only willing to disclose the prices on their websites, not in commercials, and they`ll start doing that next spring. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar unveiled a proposal that would apply to all brand-name drugs covered by the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which is most medicines. `Patients deserve to know what a given drug could cost when they`re being told about the benefits and risks it may have,` Azar said in prepared remarks. `They deserve to know if the...