USA TODAY: … After dropping during the recession, drug prices have reignited in the past four years, returning to growth rates of a decade ago. In 2012, prescription drug prices rose 3.6%, twice the 1.7% inflation rate, Bureau of Economic Analysis data show.
The trend is in sharp contrast to other health costs. Prices for a doctor’s visit, lab test and nursing home room all fell below the rate of inflation for the past two years.
What’s driving drug costs up: brand-name drugs paid for by insurance and often heavily advertised… (more)
Really? Anybody who buys health insurance knows the cost has gone up. USA Today must mean some other country.