How Big Health Care Companies Keep Drug Prices High

How Big Health Care Companies Keep Drug Prices High

The avocado you picked up at the grocery store almost certainly started its journey at a family farm in Mexico. From there, a packing company bought, sorted, and shipped it to the United States.  Stateside, a distributor bought it and shipped it to the grocery store in your town. By the time you paid a dollar for that avocado, it had passed through the hands of perhaps four companies, each competing with several others for a slice of the fruit t…