3 of 10 · Highest and lowest in the cabinet

Same cabinet. A nickel, and a cancer dose.

The hospital sells both. One is aspirin. One is Keytruda. That is the range of the American drug bill.

Aspirin — what they pay$0.05
vs
Keytruda — commercial dose$16,800

Aspirin acquisition vs a modeled commercial Keytruda dose.

Walk the pharmacy. The cheap end is a tablet they buy for a nickel. The expensive end is a checkpoint inhibitor dose they buy for about $11,500 and bill near $16,800.

The 5% live on this end of the cabinet. The premium is priced off people who get this, not off people who get aspirin.

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