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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

When asked what factors contribute to rising health care costs in America, most consumers cite the cost of prescription drugs. Taken together, these two data points demonstrate the potent political import of prescription drug prices as the U.S. Between 2007 and 2014, hospital prices grew 42%.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Jane Sarashon

Dr. Robert Pearl has recently written about this, and the phenomenon has been a major recurring theme in this Health Populi blog since its inception in 2007 – when I launched this site in the midst of The Great Recession. At this moment, the price of gas at the pump was playing a big role in U.S.