首页
登录
职称英语
It’s becoming something of a joke along the Maine-Canada border. So many busl
It’s becoming something of a joke along the Maine-Canada border. So many busl
游客
2025-05-09
15
管理
问题
It’s becoming something of a joke along the Maine-Canada border. So many busloads of retired people crisscross the line looking for affordable drugs that the roadside stands should advertise, "Lobsters. Blueberries. Lipitor. Coumalin." Except, of course, that such a market in prescription drugs would be illegal.
These senior long-distance shopping strees fall in a legal gray zone. But as long as people cross the border with prescriptions from a physician and have them filled for no more than a three-month supply for personal use, customs and other federal officials leave them alone. The trip might be tiring, but people can save an average of 60 percent on the cost of their prescription drugs. For some, that’s the difference between taking the drugs or doing without. "The last bus trip I was on six months ago had 25 seniors," says Chellie Pingree, former Maine state senator and now president of Common Cause. "Those 25 people saved $19.000 on their supplies of drugs." Pingree sponsored Maine RX, which authorizes a discounted price on drugs for Maine residents who lack insurance coverage. The law was challenged by drug companies but recently upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court. It hasn’t yet taken effect.
Figuring out ways to spend less on prescription drugs has become a multifaceted national movement of consumers, largely senior citizens. The prescription drug bill in America is $160 billion annually, and people over 65 fill five times as many prescriptions as working Americans on average. "But they do it on health benefits that are half as good and on incomes that are half as large," says Richard Evans, senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, an investment research firm. What’s more, seniors account for 20 percent of the voting public.
It’s little wonder that the May 19 Supreme Court ruling got the attention of drug manufacturers and politicians across the country. The often-over-looked state of 1.3 million tucked in the northeast corner of the country became David to the pharmaceutical industry’s Goliath. The face-off began three years ago when state legislators like Pingree began questioning why Maine’s elderly population had to take all those bus trips. [br] The elderly Americans cross the Maine-Canada border in order to get drags that are ______.
选项
A、sold wholesale
B、over the counter
C、less expensive
D、tax-free
答案
C
解析
细节题。开篇处便提到,这些老人来来去去是为了寻找他们买得起的药物,因此正确答案应当为C。A选项为“批发出售的药品”,B选项为“非处方药”,选项D为“免税的药品”,均不符合原文,应排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4069181.html
相关试题推荐
It’sbecomingsomethingofajokealongtheMaine-Canadaborder.Somanybusl
It’sbecomingsomethingofajokealongtheMaine-Canadaborder.Somanybusl
Whatisbecomingincreasinglyobviousisthattheinternetis______demandforof
Myapproachisnottolearneverythingaboutsomething,but______somethingabout
Thiscanhelpto______somethingthatthestudentsmaynothavecomprehended.A、
Inolddays,whenaglimpseofstockingwaslookeduponassomethingfartoo
Inolddays,whenaglimpseofstockingwaslookeduponassomethingfartoo
Inolddays,whenaglimpseofstockingwaslookeduponassomethingfartoo
"Mostepisodesofabsent-mindedness--forgettingwhereyouliftsomethingor
"Mostepisodesofabsent-mindedness--forgettingwhereyouliftsomethingor
随机试题
______inEnglishliteratureprevailedfrom1836to1901.A、ModernismB、Neoclassic
[originaltext]W:Goodmorning.WhatcanIdoforyou?M:Goodmorning.I’vecom
根据期权定价理论,期权价值主要取决于() Ⅰ.期权期限 Ⅱ.执行价格
发起式基金是指基金管理人在募集基金时,使用公司股东资金、公司固有资金、公司高级管
患者,女性,53岁,农民,和儿子媳妇一起生活。平时个性争强好胜,受不得委屈。30
按照增量存量细分,房地产二级市场包括( )市场。A.土地使用权出让 B.土地
契约型基金是用基金章程来约束当事人的行为。()
根据《贷款通则》的相关规定,自营贷款期限最长一般不得超过( )年,超过此年限应
社会主义核心价值体系包括( )。A.马克思主义指导思想 B.中国特色社会主义
投资项目决策分析与评价的基本要求包括贯彻落实科学发展观、资料数据准确可靠和()
最新回复
(
0
)