Yes!  I agree completely that the cost of drugs required to treat acute and chronic illness is a huge problem among health care facilities and patient quality of life!  I have known several people diagnosed with cancer and have great insurance in the beginning, only have to go on to stop working and lose insurance.  What happens next? They cannot afford the treatment due to the high prices for meds.  It’s really sad that that is the way it is.

One of the reasons that the cost of drug prices are higher in the United States, is that the U.S. allows drug companies to set their own price for medications.  In other countries, a delegated body negotiates the price, and it is loosely based upon the benefit of the drug to the patient (Kesselheim, Avorn,