Getting Out of Reach Prescription drug prices are rising much faster than the rate of general consumer inflation. The most heavily affected are those who can least afford it, like older Americans living on fixed incomes, and the working poor with inadequate or no health insurance. The rise in drug prices is causing the public to ask why. The reasons include the immense research costs, consumer advertising and the growth of managed care. The continue …showed first 75 words of 817 total…

…showed last 75 words of 817 total…legitimate reasons behind this trend? Many people ask. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most profitable industries in America. So are drug prices inflated? Joe Madera, like many other older Americans is fed up. “The situation is really discouraging,” he says. The Federal government needs to step up and impose some kind of price control. In addition to that, politicians have to find the way to give to people like Joe Madera some relief.