Small Business Owners Want Big Changes to Lower Drug Costs

Almost 90% of small business owners said the cost of prescription drugs is too high and 63% have an unfavorable view of pharmaceutical companies, according to a recent survey of 1,052 small business owners conducted by the lobbying group Small Business for America’s Future. Among the survey respondents, 66% said the current prescription drug market is in need of a major overhaul and 93% agree that the market needs some changes. Survey respondents supported a variety of solutions to bring down prescription drug costs, with the largest share backing a ceiling for out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.

SOURCE: “Survey: Small Business Owners Say High Drug and Healthcare Costs are an Urgent Problem That is Keeping Them From Growing,” Small Business for America’s Future, May 18, 2021. Visit https://bit.ly/3ukHepa.

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Jinghong Chen

Jinghong Chen Reporter

Jinghong produces infographics and data stories on health insurance and specialty pharmacy for AIS Health. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a focus on data journalism and international reporting. Before joining AIS in 2018, she worked at WBEZ, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times Chinese.

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