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Health care costs are a problem. If you have insurance and go to the hospital - back in 1982 an aspirin was $5.00 - private pay was $2.50. Over the counter, about $0.02.
Pharmacy markup is hideous. I once asked the pharmacy owner where I worked about the huge markup discrepancy between similar drugs. His explanation was this: Even though one costs much less to produce and wholesale price is low, other pharmacies will be charging $X and we are expected to charge a similar price. Markup was anywhere from 0% to 400%. Yes, there were drugs that he made no money on. Overall, he did very well, but I found it disturbing that pricing was and seemingly continues to be so arbitrary.
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