Forbes April 7, 2024
Soaring drug prices in America have left many Americans unable to pay for medications and treatments that could otherwise improve their health and well-being. 58 million Americans experience medication insecurity, or the inability to pay for a medication in the last 12 months, according to a Gallup report published by Senator Chuck Grassley.
“How many die as a result of that? How many suffer unnecessarily? Nobody knows. But my guess, it is in the millions,” said Senator Bernie Sanders at a recent hearing on the topic of high drug costs, according to reports from Medpage Today.
Drug prices in America remain significantly higher than any other wealthy country. In 2018, drug prices were nearly double those in Britain and France...
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