If pharma companies just cut out all those annoying middlemen and sold medicines directly to consumers, wouldn't that cut the prices that people pay? Yes, but... not so much, @elaineywchen finds. Because most consumers' drug costs are mostly covered by insurance, and they don't have hundreds of dollars a month to buy discounted drugs. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/19/direct-to-consumer-drug-costs-pharma-analysis/
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