Assigning Culpability for the High Cost of Healthcare

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Pharmaceutical companies should conclude their prayers each night by saying, “And God bless the insurance companies for being even more unpopular than we are.” That’s one inference to be drawn, anyhow, from a Harris Poll conducted in October that invited people to pick a villain behind the rise in healthcare costs. Asked to pick the entity they consider most responsible for the rising cost of healthcare, a large plurality of respondents (41 percent) blamed insurance companies.

Pharmaceutical companies tied with the government for runner-up, at 16 percent of the mentions.

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