One driver of health care inflation in the United States are pharmaceuticals. Although we usually associate rising drug prices with prescription medicines, that is not always the case. In fact, the purchase of generics through insurance plans can be surprisingly expensive. This is because the 'discount' provided by your insurance carrier may not really be much of a discount and your copay could be many times more expensive than the wholesale price of the drug.

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