Number: RL33781
Title: Pharmaceutical Costs: An International Comparison of Government Policies
Authors: Gretchen A. Jacobson, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Examining the policies of Canada, Australia, and European nations could help to inform the discussion of drug pricing policies for the Medicare drug plan. Like Medicare, these governments' policies affect the prices paid for pharmaceuticals. All of these nations rely on policies to mitigate increases in pharmaceutical spending. These policies include reference pricing, price ceilings, reimportation, profit sharing, and value-based pricing.
Pages: 10
Date: January 5, 2007