Expensive Medication Have you gotten a prescription filled recently and have been shocked by the price? It seems as if medication just keeps getting more expensive. Generics that have once been affordable suddenly are costing significantly more. Why are have they become so costly? Who is effected by this? Who or what is to blame for the increase prices? Reading an article by Consumer Reports has shed some light on this topic. Have you ever heard of Martin Shkreli? “He was said to be the most hated man in America, and CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, he doubled the price of Daraprim that is used to treat cancer patients and HIV/AIDs patients for toxoplasmosis” (Consumer). These are people who are very sick and most are already struggling to
