Christina FitzPatrick & Jake Berry: We can't afford to pay more for prescriptions

WHEN ONE in four New Hampshire residents are rationing or skipping their prescription medications due to cost, we need to strengthen our efforts to make life-saving prescriptions more affordable — not weaken them.

Yet that’s exactly what some lawmakers are attempting to do by dismantling our strongest defense against skyrocketing prescription prices. Yesterday, members of the House of Representatives voted to advance a bill, HB 570, that would eliminate the Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) our state’s only independent, nonpartisan entity dedicated to addressing the rising costs of life-saving prescriptions that so many Granite Staters rely on.