Generic medication can be a life-saver for a lot of people who cannot afford to purchase their brand-name counterpart. In a recent article, we talked about the cost of medication in the US in comparison to other developed countries. We wanted to follow that up with a recent episode of Fresh Air. In this episode, they spoke to journalist Katherine Eban about her new book, Bottle of Lies. In the book, Eban illustrates the many safety failures we have suffered at the hands of corporate greed and federal...

Everyone knows the cost of prescription medications it the US is very high. In fact, there is a whole industry that caters to people that need large or constant quantities of said medication, either due to a person's age or for health reasons, in order to make them affordable. But why? Why is prescription medication so expensive in the US? And is there something we can do about it? There are many reasons that explain why the costs of medications are higher in the US than elsewhere, however,...