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Health Care & Rx drugs

 

Current Campaigns

Health Care For All

Right now, there are 1.4 million uninsured adults in Illinois without access to affordable health care. Illinois PIRG, working in partnership with the Health Care Justice Campaign, a coalition of over 100 Illinois advocacy groups, is working to implement sound health care policy that benefits all consumers.  Read more. 

Health Insurance Reform

Illinois lacks adequate oversight or transparency in the health insurance industry. That means insurance costs are rising for Illinoisans while insurance companies are making record profits. Illinois PIRG is working for reform that exposes unfair insurance practices to protect consumers.  Read more.

Drug Safety

Pharmaceutical companies make the medicines that enable us to live healthier, longer lives. But their business practices also drive up drug prices and increase the risk of harmful side effects, and their strong-armed lobbying has blocked needed reforms.  Read more.

Overview

Health care is one of the most pressing issues in this country, and Illinois residents feel the impact of our broken health care system.

Without doubt, the pharmaceutical and insurance industries play an important role in our health care system, but their business practices and lobbying too often prevent Illinois from fulfilling basic expectations of health and safety. Illinois PIRG works to counter their influence and protect the health of Illinoisans.



safe and affordable presription drugs

The price of prescription drugs is too high. The problem is worst for the 46 million uninsured Americans, who must either pay full price or go without needed medications.