“The number of doctors nationwide who dispense drugs in their office is not known and the practice is prevalent only in states where workers’ compensation rules allow for large markups. . . .
Both Dr. Zimmerman and physicians who sell drugs also said the workers’ compensation system was so bureaucratic and complex that an injured employee could wait days before getting a needed medication through a pharmacy.” (New York Times)
Health insurance reform begs the question of how everything gets so expensive to begin with.
FEE Timely Classic
“Health Care and Radical Monopoly” by Kevin Carson