High Healthcare Costs in the US - Background Readings

Every American family basically pays an $8,000 ‘poll tax’ under the U.S. health system, top economists say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/07/every-american-family-basically-pays-an-poll-tax-under-us-health-system-top-economists-say/

Why Humira’s price keeps rising despite FDA approval of generic competition

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/why-humiras-price-keeps-rising-despite-fda-approval-of-generic-competition/2020/01/07/549ed0ce-2e3a-11ea-bcb3-ac6482c4a92f_story.html

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Washington got stuck on lowering drug prices. Now they’re rising again.

In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/upshot/expensive-health-care-world-comparison.html

Use Simple Economics to Contain Health Care Costs

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-03/health-care-costs-can-be-contained-with-simple-economics 

Yes, Americans are feeling the squeeze. It’s coming from health care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-americans-are-feeling-the-squeeze-its-coming-from-health-care/2019/12/01/b66b42f0-12c5-11ea-9cd7-a1becbc82f5e_story.html

As price of insulin soars, Americans drive to Canada for lifesaving medicine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/as-price-of-insulin-soars-americans-caravan-to-canada-for-lifesaving-medicine/2019/06/14/0a272fb6-8217-11e9-9a67-a687ca99fb3d_story.html

The Worst Patients in the World

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/american-health-care-spending/590623/

Republicans are struggling to fix America’s dysfunctional health-care system

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/05/22/republicans-are-struggling-to-fix-americas-dysfunctional-health-care-system

The global battle over high drug prices

https://www.economist.com/business/2019/05/21/the-global-battle-over-high-drug-prices