Name game raises drug costs and brand name confusion
Sen Nelson criticizes 22 000 brand names for 700 chemicals as drivers of higher prices and pharmacist inventory, urging repeal of antisubstitution laws. APhA backs single generic names while PMA AMA resist. HEW supports generics to save costs for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
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Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate
Nelson
Alaska
District of Columbia
American Pharmaceutical Association
Apha
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Caspar Weinberger
Department
Tonto Tonalea area forms teaching tools committee
A new Tonto committee will recruit parents to make teaching tools at home for classroom use. A meeting is set for 7 30 p m January 20 in the cafeteria with Mrs Kay Bitters of the Pima PTA to explain the program and answer questions. The Pima program has yielded about 2000 dollars of tools for 200 spent.
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Tonto
Kay Bitters
Pima Pta
Pima
Pauline Domanski
Essen
West Germany
American Chamber Concerts Inc
Readers’ Digest Association
Presbytery of
Grand Canyon
Scottsdale
Arizona Commission On Arts and Humanities
Miss Domanski
Tonalea School
Smart Shopper Guide for Prescription Drugs
Consumers can become knowledgeable buyers by starting with the physician and seeking generic options when available. Ask for drug name strength and quantity, compare prices by phone, and choose a pharmacist who keeps records, offers delivery and tax help, and can suggest cost-saving strategies. Keep receipts for tax deductions.
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Copley News Service
Red artillery marshal Bazhanov dies at 70
Yuri P. Bazhanov a marshal of artillery and veteran of five decades in the Soviet army has died at 70 according to Krasnaya Zvezda He began as a Kiev cadet in 1922 and led artillery units on the northwest front during World War II including the defense of Leningrad He joined the Communist Party in 1929 and served as deputy to the Supreme Soviet and on the Ukraine central committee
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Moscow
UPI
Yuri P. Bazhanov
Defense Ministry
Krasnaya Zvezda
Bazhanov
Kiev
Leningrad
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Ukraine
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