Prices of 268 commonly used drugs soared, with a maximum increase of 2800%

On December 14, 2016, a new research report showed that the price of brand-name drugs used by many elderly people increased nearly 130 times than last year "The new report highlights once again the high and rising prices of generic drugs on the market," said Debra Whitman, chief public policy officer of AARP "It's particularly surprising that these outrageous prescription drug prices are still rising in the face of public and congressional criticism," Whitman said in an AARP news release "The researchers looked at the prices of 268 brands of prescription drugs widely used by older people, including 49 drugs used to treat common chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes According to AARP, the retail price of drugs rose by an average of 15.5% in 2015, 0.1% higher than the general inflation rate The results also show that the average annual cost of long-term use of a brand drug has risen to more than $5800 compared with nearly $1800 in 2006 The researchers note that prescription drugs for the average elderly cost $4.50 a month This means that the current average annual drug cost may be as high as $26000 The average income of health insurance beneficiaries is $24150 The authors of the report point out that the price of the drugs in the report is the total cost and does not represent the actual cash expenses paid by the patients with medical insurance in the drugstore Of the 268 drugs reported, 97% of retail prices rose in 2015 The average price of seven drugs has increased by more than 50% Five of the six drugs with the highest price increase are sold by Valeant pharmaceuticals The price of the company's anxiolytic ativan rose 2800% between 2006 and 2015, the study authors said Leigh Purvis, co-author of the report and director of health services research at the AARP Institute for public policy, said: "when the cost of prescription drug treatment exceeds the total income of patients, patients cannot afford it." Original reading: prices skyrocket on drugs weekly used by Senior Note: This is the translation of the author of yaozhi.com, welcome to reprint, please indicate the source when reprint, thank you!