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The analysis found that although higher inpatient prices may reflect marginally higher costs, they predominantly lead to substantially higher profits.

Some low-cost providers are raising rates, but high-cost providers are cutting rates more, according to Turquoise Health analysts.

Competition does lower the cost of the expensive, hard-to-make drugs, according to Tufts University researchers.

As a result of Hurricane Helene and the backlog from the suspended dockworkers' strike, "the market will be highly constrained," said Jesse Schafer, executive director of the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative.

Analysts predict basing domestic prices on international prices would save money but cause problems.

Vance implied that the current underwriting would stay. Walz predicted that sick people would lose their coverage.

Sutter Health, a large hospital system in Northern California, allegedly charged 30% more than comparable hospitals after implementing anticompetitive contracting practices in the early 2000s.

The three largest PBMs, including CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, "handle 79% of U.S. medical prescriptions for approximately 270 million people."