Ask Dr. Jon Hallberg: The price we pay for drugs

Dr. Jon Hallberg
Dr. Jon Hallberg is assistant professor in family medicine at the University of Minnesota, and medical director at Mill City Clinic. He is a regular medical analyst on MPR's All Things Considered.
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American spend over $325 billion annually on drugs. But for the first time since 1957, there's been a dip of 1 percent in pharmaceutical spending, according to a study by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics

Dr. Jon Hallberg, a physician in family medicine at the University of Minnesota, speaks with MPR News on the topic.

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