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Everyone hates pharma (not entirely without reason!) but all drug spending is about 10% (slightly less) of US health care spending. If you spent $0 on drugs ne
by huitzitziltzin 6y ago
Everyone hates pharma (not entirely without reason!) but all drug spending is about 10% (slightly less) of US health care spending.
If you spent $0 on drugs next year, we would not save that much money.
If you want to cut spending, you need to cut spending on doctors and hospitals.
If you want sources for these numbers, here is the National Health Expenditure summary from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies:
https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NHE-Fact-Sheet https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Sta...