Goldberg: Obamacare impacts Americans' access to drugs | Editorials & Opinions | Fort Worth, ...: Call it Obamacare's Final Destination Tour. People whose lives should be saved by new and existing cancer drugs are driving from hospital to hospital in search of medicines in short supply -- thanks in part to Obamacare's implementation.
Over the past two years, shortages have developed for more than 180 drugs, including cancer treatments. The shortfall is the result of stricter FDA regulation, government price controls on already discounted but complex drugs, and policies that discourage the use of new medications. Companies, facing lower prices, tighter regulation, and increasing government control over what drugs will be used when are exiting the US market and investing in product development in china and India where, sadly, it is easier and cheaper to produce next-generation medicines than in America.
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