Prescription Drug Costs
NEWARK, N.J. - Newark officials are launching a program to offer residents generic versions of more than 300 medications for just $2 a prescription.
A comparison of the health care bills before Congress:
The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act):
WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of legal residents under age 65 - compared with 83 percent now.
A look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: Is the pharmaceutical industry's agreement to lower drug costs by $80 billion over the next decade fair?
THE POLITICS: The industry's trade group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, agreed to contribute those savings to help pay for Democrats' proposed $1 trillion health care overhaul.
