Azar has a ‘tin ear’ when it comes to pricing a potential coronavirus treatment
Azar's attempt to soothe anxious Americans — who fear the virus will erupt at any moment and are already fed up with the rising cost of medicines — sparked a…
Let them eat cake.
This is effectively what Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told Americans when asked about whether a treatment for the fast-moving coronavirus will be affordable.
“We would want to ensure that we work to make it affordable, but we can’t control that price because we need the private sector to invest,” he told a congressional committee on Wednesday in response to a question about affordability.
