Blaming Pharma Won’t Lower Health Care Costs

This week, the USA Today Editorial Board took aim at the pharmaceutical industry in a new piece: Stop Big Pharma from ‘getting away with murder’. After digging into the data, we found several factual inaccuracies that must addressed. Let’s take a look:
First, the editorial falsely claims that prescription drug costs for individuals under the age of 65 are expected to rise by 11.6%. But the authors of the study cited by the Editorial Board note that this number do