Who’s to blame for high health care costs? More than half of those with employer insurance say pharmaceutical and health insurance companies deserve “a lot of blame.”

via Kaiser Health News.

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We speak on this issue in our newest blog: Medicare Must Be Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices.

Senator Klobuchar insisted that by allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate drug prices for Medicare, costs would eventually fall for patients of all ages. Klobuchar has introduced legislation in the Senate to lift the ban on Medicare negotiating with Big Pharma. The bill already has more than 30 cosponsors, but cannot pass without Republican support.