Median annual drug prices increased 35% between 2022-2023, faster than the rate of overall inflation, and during this period, prices increased for more than 2000 drugs. Though the problem of high drug prices is not new for healthcare centers and systems, the rate at which drug prices are increasing is becoming unsustainable and is having a direct impact on patient outcomes with nearly 30% of Americans reporting they haven’t taken their medication as prescribed due to cost.  It has been further estimated that more than 1.1 million Medicare patients could die over the next decade because they cannot afford their prescriptions. Hear from experts on the frontlines of the conundrum between drug costs and parity in the U.S.

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