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