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House bill would give consumers more choice of generic drugs
United Press International
AUSTIN t— Texas consumers will
'be able to save $25 million to $30
'jnillion a year if the Legislature pas-
U Department! (l ses a bill allowing pharmacists to sub
stitute generic drugs for brand
names, a statewide community orga
nization announced Tuesday.
Representatives of the Associa-
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tion of Community Organizations for
Reform Now, a group of about 7,000
low and moderate-income families,
said at a Capitol news conference
that passage of a drug product selec
tion act would give the consumer and
patient a choice between a generic
drug and a brand name prescription.
ACORN member Margat Beutler
said, through selective shopping,
consumers could use the same cost
saving consumer techniques when
purchasing prescription drugs as
they do when buying such items as
dogfood.
“Not all brand names cost an arm
and a leg,” said Beutler. “Some just
cost an arm.”
Current Texas law only allows the
doctor to say how much a patient will
spend for a prescription drug, Beut
ler said. “Under the current habits of
most physicians much less generic
pricing goes on than could be allow
able.”
ACORN’s proposed legislation,
sponsored by Sen. Chet Brooks, D-
Pasadena; Sen. Kent Caperton, D-
Bryan; and Rep. Ted Lyons, D-
Mesquite, would allow pharmacists
“to suggest to the patient how he can
save money,” Beutler said.
“The major impact of this bill is to
allow on a broader scale what phar
macists already do,” she said.
ACORN had pushed a similar bill
during the last session, but it failed to
pass in the Senate.
Beutler said she believes the prop
osed legislation has a better chance
of passing this time, because of the
more conservative composition of
the Legislature. “They’re just as in
terested in cost-saving as everyone
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else is. It’s a good bill and people
need it,” she said.
The group also said an ACOBf'
survey indicated the state Medicaic
program could save more than $i
million if Texas allowed pharmacist:
to select generic drugs when fillinj
prescriptions.
UH teachers
hold sickout,
demand raise
United Press International
HOUSTON — Teachers at thi
University of Houston Tuesday me
with school administrators to negoti
ate for higher wages, threatening tc
continue their two-day-old sickout i
demands were not met.
Christine Domino, spokeswomar
for the teaching assistants involvec •
in the sickout, said her group “is en
couraged by signs of recovery. ”
“We have appointed a negotiatoi
to represent us with the administra
tion. We can’t go on being paid st;
little,” Domino said. She is a leadei
of the Teaching Assistants, Teaching
Fellows and Lecturers Salary Asso
ciation whose members have been
calling in sick this week and caused
the cancellation of classes Monday.
On Monday, the first day of the
sickout, 75 teachers in the English
department called in sick. On Tues
day, Domino said most teaching
assistants from the English, French
and German departments called in
ill, and she was not sure of the status
of the physical education depart
ment teachers. However, faculty
shifts avoided the cancellation of any
classes.
Teaching assistants, who make be
tween $350 and $550 a month, want
the starting salary for their category
to be raised to $850 a month, Domi
no said.
Wendy Adair, spokeswoman for
the university, said the school’s
administration is sympathetic to the
teaching assistant’s cause, “but
everyone at the university is under
paid.”
“We were not aware of the sickout
until Monday. They (teachers) got
flipir .pojijjt. gpross,” Adair said.
DiftBUfla SMfLtJhe Legislature
ordered for teachers a 5.1 salary in
crease, but school officials have dis
regarded that act. However, UH
provost officer George Magner said
80 percent of the eligible teachers
received the increase in 1980.
He called the sickout a “symbolic
gesture” by the teachers, but didn’t
think it would last more than a day.
The university presently employs
about 1,400 teaching assistants who
handle the lecture portion of a class.
Only about 62 eligible teachers had
been passed over, Adair said.
Nancy Ford, who teaches English
composition while working on her
master’s degree, said teachers are
not only concerned about their own
personal finances and careers, but
also the quality of education.
“The better qualified teaching fel
lows (on fellowships) and lecturers
have to leave the University of Hous
ton because they can’t afford to work
any longer. We lost 15 teaching fel- |
lows this semester alone — 12 be
cause of finances, ” Ford said.
UH Chancellor Barry Munitz said
if the budget board has made a mis
take by not granting the teachers
raises, the school will correct that
error. He said the budget board will
reinterpret the Legislature’s order
and decide by Thursday if the
teachers are entitled to more money.
Tenneco has
27 percent
profit record
United Press International
HOUSTON — Tenneco Inc., cre
diting improved performance in its
energy and shipbuilding divisions,
Tuesday reported record net income
of $726 million for 1980, a 27 percent
increase over the previous record
$571 million in 1979.
James L. Kettelsen, chairman and
chief executive officer, said operat
ing revenues totaled $13.2 billion.
Revenues in 1979 were $ 11.2 billion.
Return on stockholders equity was
18 percent, compared to 17.4 per
cent in 1979.
Tenneco also reported fourth
quarter net income up 22 percent,
from $164 million in 1979 to $200
million in 1980. Operating revenues
during the fourth quarter were $3.6
billion compared to $3.3 billion in
fourth quarter 1979.
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its own name. Newport News Ship- '
building is one of its subsidiaries.
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