Kansas and Iowa, rich in wind resources, can provide more electricity than other states.

If that sounds ambitious, consider that the country has installed some 50, 000 wind turbines on land over the past two decades. They now supply roughly 5 percent of the nation’s electric power, a figure that reaches double digits in particularly windy states like Kansas and Iowa.

The average price of a new cancer drug now exceeds $ 100, 000 a year. The patient does not pay the entire tab, but someone who needs a prescription can still spend $ 25, 000, not reimbursed by health insurance. That steep copayment equals about half of what the typical U. S. household earns in a year.