Foreword
As national health care spending rises out of control, politicians in both parties have pitched solutions to bring down the cost of care. Reducing health care costs, however, will require addressing the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs. According to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, prices for prescription drugs rose more than 9% per year from 2007 to 2018. That’s left some patients cutting back on much-needed medicine; a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 10% of Americans had rationed drugs in 2017. …
