I hear every day about how expensive prescriptions are and I know it firsthand. In order to get my head around it, I look at the bigger picture to understand the cost justification. First, we have to remember that Pharmaceutical companies are not charities. They are like any other company providing a service, a very critical one. That knowledge will not make the price sting less but you’ll understand why.

There is a difference between expensive and gouging. The CEO last year took a drug that had already been on the market and raised the price by 1000%. That’s gouging.

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