Americans unhappy with drug prices

Caitlin Wilson | | Health Exec | Precision Medicine

Americans aren’t happy with a lot of things these days, including the prices of their prescription drugs, Fortune reported.

A survey from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in September found that 77 percent think prescription drug costs are too high. That figure is up from 72 percent who had the same complaint last year.

Forbes pointed out that the increased dissatisfaction could be abetted by the recent controversy surrounding drug-maker Mylan’s EpiPen price hike to up to $600 over the last 10 years.

On top of the general dissatisfaction with drug prices, 26 percent of those surveyed said they had a hard time paying for their own prescriptions and supported ideas for ways of reducing those costs.

Check out Fortune to see which ideas the Americans surveyed were most in favor of to reduce drug costs. 

More and More Americans Think Prescription Drug Costs Are 'Unreasonable'

Caitlin Wilson,

Senior Writer

As a Senior Writer at TriMed Media Group, Caitlin covers breaking news across several facets of the healthcare industry for all of TriMed's brands.

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