Part of the problem is huge price increases for the raw materials that plants are made from, including copper and nickel, which is what makes steel stainless. (nytimes.com)
While most of the attention on pharmaceutical prices has been on new drugs for diseases like cancer, hepatitis C and high cholesterol, there is also growing concern about huge price increases on older drugs, some of them generic, that have long been mainstays of treatment. (nytimes.com)
Let's just wait & see what happens — I don't think Americans are going to be too thrilled waking up one day to huge price increases across the board for much of their favourite stuff (or facing up, finally, to the painful reality that a major portion of American industry has long priced itself out of customers / existence). (wexboy.wordpress.com)