Guest columnist: Government price-setting models may jeopardize patient care
Healthcare affordability is America’s number one financial concern. According to new polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation, roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults worry about being able to afford the care their families need.
Yet in the search for solutions, the federal government appears to be heading in the wrong direction. Policymakers are considering drug pricing models that risk erecting new barriers to care and worsening health outcomes — without delivering value to patients.
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