Arizona families are getting squeezed by the rising cost of prescription drugs, which have increased three times faster than the rate of inflation during my lifetime.

The impact is especially felt in rural communities, where access to care can already be a challenge for many residents. Too often, simple economics force families to make impossible choices between purchasing the medicines they need or paying for food and rent.

What makes the situation more infuriating is knowing that the cost of new drugs has doubled over the past four years alone, and that U.S. patients often pay more than three times as much for the same medications available in other developed countries. As President Trump said, “in case after case, our citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for the

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