Access to Medicines Broadcast with Margarida Jorge

In the U.S., the battle over drug prices is heating up to confront corporate greed and pay-to-play politics. We examine how audacious organizing and morally-centered messaging proved victorious decades ago and holds promise for building a movement to liberate us from living at pharma’s mercy.

BY MARGARIDA JORGE

This week, the Trump administration announced plans to allow Americans to access lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada at some point in the future. Although importing cheaper drugs is a step in the right direction, it does nothing to solve the crisis that millions of Americans struggling to afford the prescription medicine are facing right now.