Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2019
How to reduce prescription drug prices: first, do no harm
13 February 2019 - Top-down controls restrict access. Instead, encourage patients to shop around among pharmacies.
Everyone wants to reduce prescription drug prices, but how? First, do no harm.
It’s true that Americans pay more for medication than just about anyone else: A 2018 report from the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers found that, as of 2009, the price per dose of patented drugs was five times as high in the U.S. as in foreign markets.
