Opinion: Uninsured Americans were ignored when Congress grilled pharma execs
"Nobody" pays list prices for drugs — except people who can afford it the least, including the 27 million Americans who don't have health insurance.
Seven top pharma executives testified before Congress on Tuesday about the rising cost of medications in what some had predicted to be a watershed moment for the pharmaceutical industry. They were grilled about their pricing process, profit margins, and even their own salaries as lawmakers expressed outrage about high drug prices, including those for the lifesaving, necessary medications that so many Americans are now struggling to afford.
But that conversation, and the lawmakers’ outrage, centered around a specific group
