"Fueling Drug Costs in Today's World" This essay takes a look at whats behind the "rising drug costs" and the value of medicine today.

Fueling Drug Costs in Today's World In today's world, prescription drugs cost is on a rising trend. Consequently, much of the national debate today is over the cost of medicines. As consumers living in the United States, the consumption of and dependence on prescription drugs is more than any other country alone. This is surprising since the United States isn't a third world country in which poverty adds to the rate of disease and illness. …

…this mindset has shifted the importance of the value of medication to merely a dependency on prescribed medications. In conclusion, the dramatic rise in the utilization of prescribed drugs, especially newly introduce ones, remains the major reason for rising drug costs in the overall cost of prescription drugs for consumers. As a consumer, one should avoid the dependency of medication by alternative healing, or by simply keeping in mind that "newer" doesn't necessarily mean "better".