Every week in clinics across Arkansas, physicians watch patients perform painful calculations in anticipation of the pharmacy counter: groceries or prescriptions, rent or insulin, a needed inhaler or a child’s winter coat. As physicians, we can diagnose disease and adjust medications, but we are often powerless against a system that inflates prices and obscures who is paid, how much, and why. That confusion is embedded in a business model that profits from complexity rather than patient care.
Every week in clinics across Arkansas, physicians watch patients perform painful calculations in anticipation of the pharmacy counter: groceries or prescriptions, rent or insulin, a needed inhaler or a child’s winter coat. As physicians, we can diagn… [4748 chars]
Source: Arkansas Online | Published: 2026-03-26T07:45:00Z
Credit: Arkansas Online
