Big Pharma Gave Money To Patient Advocacy Groups Opposing Medicare Changes

(By Sydney Lupkin and Elizabeth Lucas and Victoria Knight for Kaiser Health News)

Dozens of patient advocacy groups, like the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, recently appeared in national advertisements objecting to a Trump administration proposal that could limit drugs covered by Medicare providers.

But a Kaiser Health News analysis found that about half of the groups representing patients have received funding from the pharmaceutical industry.  Continue reading article here…

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