costs

This is something I have been giving some thought recently. The US has probably the strongest set of patent protections for drug companies and as a result, drug manufacturers tend to charge a lot for their brand name drugs in the US. At the same time, they might sell a lot of the same drugs for...

Barack Obama blasted the GOP ticket for proposing to raise costs for the elderly while slashing taxes for the wealthiest Americans Since Ryan was tapped as Mitt Romney's running mate Aug. 10, Medicare has become one of the most contentious issues of the election because of the controversial...

The President unveiled another health care reform proposal today in hopes of getting something done on the issue. The new plan, estimated to cost $950 billion over the next 10 years, is similar to the Senate version, but includes more spending, more subsidies, and a different tax plan. The plan...

For that amount ($137.5 million), I think I read in the newspaper, that it could replace 137,500 of the jamming-prone M16s and M4s with Barett REC7s, which are more reliable. 137,500 is also the approximate number of troops that the USA currently have in Iraq. It's madness I tell thee in...