Health

For Both Parties, Drug Costs Are a Hard Pill To Swallow

Written by Teunis Felter

This year’s two presidential nominees have taken aim at high drug prices — and pharma. A solution may require not just rhetoric but cooperation between industries. When the dust settles after one of the most remarkable presidential campaigns in history, the time for rhetoric will be over and the new president and lawmakers will face the task of actually managing a giant, unwieldy and complex health care system, trying to wrestle drug costs into submission before they wreak even more havoc on the budgets of Medicare, Medicaid, and the American consumer.

http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/2016/9/both-parties-drug-costs-are-hard-pill-swallow

About the author

Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.