That makes sense that more people spending money on drugs means it is a bigger focus for the public. However i'd strongly question the assumption that hospital

That makes sense that more people spending money on drugs means it is a bigger focus for the public. However i'd strongly question the assumption that hospitals have less price inflation than drugs -- i think that the fact that we give hospitals the benefit of the doubt while blaming drug companies and insurers is a big part of the problem. The fact that far more people pay for rx drugs than hospital visits, yet hospital visits account for 3x as much spend, seems to me to be another data point suggesting we should focus more on hospital costs and less on drug costs