Description: (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama, prominent cancer doctors and health insurers are all warning about the need to control the surging prices of new drugs.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: March 10, 2015

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-09/investors-warm-to-100-000-cancer-drugs-after-21-billion-deal

Questions for discussion:

• Why are investors confident that insurers will pay high prices for certain drugs?
• Is there a way to control rising prices?