drug pricing
What prescriptions cost
Drug pricing refers to how pharmaceutical companies set costs for medications.
The term usually appears in policy debates about healthcare affordability, where critics argue that prices—especially in the United States—exceed what patients and insurers can reasonably pay.
Drug pricing reform has stalled in Congress for years.
The phrase implies systemic problems rather than neutral market mechanics.
- sticker shockDistress from unexpected expense
- co-paymentsPatient's fixed medical fee
- out-of-pocket costsExpenses you pay yourself
- price capsMandated maximum charges allowed
- insurance coverageScope of insured risks
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