Plan B calls for an increase in the city subway and bus fare to $2 and a 20percentt increase in railroad fares but would offer expanded discounts on monthly MetroCards and rail passes.
Other small companies starting up or expanding discount medical services include HealthAllies, based in Glendale, Calif.; MedAdvantage in Southfield, Mich.; AmeriPlanUSA in Dallas; and Medisavers, which also offers health plans to a number of New York unions.
At the hearing on Wednesday, several lawmakers said that the actions Mylan had taken so far were not good enough and that measures like expanding discount cards and patient-assistance programs — which are tied to a family's income — did not go far enough.
Student Universe which has operated as an online travel agency exclusively for college students since 2000, expanded its discounts to recent college grads up to age 25 earlier this year.
To retain household loyalty, Kroger has expanded its discounts at the pump.
The commercials created market awareness and helped Eddie Antar and his family expand their discount electronics chain from a single store on Kings Highway in Brooklyn to more than 40 locations as far north as Boston and as far south as Philadelphia.
Analysts took them to task for not expanding the discount brokerage into red-hot retail markets like mortgages and boat loans.
His later stores included items for a price up to one dollar, and after World War II the company expanded into large discount stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
Another source of anxiety is expanding the discounts in some funds even further: credit risk.
It expanded from group discounts, its original focus, and is now a marketplace for local merchants, like hotels restaurants or entertainment venues.
