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Recent Reports and Resources
"State Regulation of Excessive Drug Prices", an analysis of the legal option
for states seeking to control excessive drug prices (May 2006)
[Download PPT]
"Cutting Drug Costs: Different Approaches, Different Results", a report evaluating
the effectiveness of voluntary and "carrot and stick" state drug discount programs in Ohio and Maine (September 2005)
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Best Practices: Learn more about prescription drug policy and strategies
effective in reducing prescription drug costs.
PPC Legal Project: Learn more about the legal issues involved with prescription drug policies,
and efforts to defend innovative and effective initiatives to reduce prescription drug costs when
challenged in the courts.
PPC Announces New Executive Director
Prescription Policy Choices is pleased to welcome Ann Woloson as the organization’s
new Executive Director. Ann comes to PPC after serving as Chief of Staff for the Senate Majority
Leaders of the Maine State Legislature during the past 3 years. She was recruited to the Senate Majority
Office to provide expertise and information regarding health care policy issues during a time when health
care reform was a major focus of the legislature. The focus of her work over the past three and half years
included significant constituent work and policy analysis in the areas of heath care service delivery and financing,
including: Maine’s Dirigo Health Reform Law, prescription drug programs, hospital financing and the state budget
related to Health and Human Services programs.
Prior to her work at the Maine Legislature, Ann worked as a health care policy analyst and advocate for years in
Maine’s nonprofit sector and as a policy writer for the state Medicaid program. She has served on a number of
health care related boards and commissions including representing the Senate Majority on the Governor’s Health
Action Team. She previously chaired the State Medicaid Advisory Committee and the Maine Dental Access Coalition
and was an active member of Maine’s Dual Diagnosis Task Force aimed at improving the continuity of care for people
suffering from both mental illness and substance abuse.
Ann lives in central Maine. She has served as a member of the Board of Parks and Recreation in her town of Belgrade.
She currently serves as Vice Chair of a Maine-based women’s health care fund serving low-income women and is past
chair and an active member of Literacy Volunteers in Waterville, where she was awarded the statewide Administrative
Volunteer of the Year award in 2001. Ann can be contacted at awolosonppc@gwi.net
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