Making Health Care Work

President Obama has proposed a plan that will address America’s most urgent health care problems, and key leaders in Congress are actively supporting health care reform. But the closer America gets to improving health care, the harder the insurance industry and drug companies will fight to weaken reform. Read more.

Health Insurance Reform

Illinois lacks adequate oversight or transparency in the health insurance industry. That means insurance costs are rising for Illinoisans while insurance companies are making record profits. Illinois PIRG is working for reform that holds health insurance companies accountable to consumers, and holds down the cost of access to health care.  Read more.

Drug Safety

Pharmaceutical companies make the medicines that enable us to live healthier, longer lives. But their business practices also drive up drug prices and increase the risk of harmful side effects, and their strong-armed lobbying has blocked needed reforms.  Read more.