Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2023
From drug shortages to high prices, US system’s shortcomings have deep roots
15 August 2023 - American medicine is a tragic paradox. An example: cancer patients are likely dying as a result of drug shortages that occurred partly because generic chemotherapies have been allowed to become too cheap.
At the same time, other patients are suffering, and perhaps dying, because the financial burden brought on by the expensive medicines they need is too high.
