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The price of a miracle: Should we limit spending on lifesaving drugs?

  • Written by C. Michael White, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageIf your baby has a rare disease, should we put a limit on how much to spend on the drug that may save her?Chaikom/Shutterstock.com

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” is a familiar quote from the opening of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities,” but the phrase is also applicable to the specialty...

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