DRUG PRICE S.O.S – March 2010 Update – Even the Insured Are Not Taking Their...
Last month we reported on the national crisis of high prescription drug prices, showing that at the beginning of the recession 40% of Americans were struggling to afford their prescription drug prices...
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$250 Medicare Drug Rebate Checks, A Small Start
It has reached mid-June and the first of an estimated 4 million health reform rebate checks will be sent out this week. These checks will go to Medicare enrollees who have already reached the Medicare...
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Drug Price S.O.S Revisited: 25 Million Americans Skip Taking Needed...
Just over one year ago we launched this blog with a post called Drug Price S.O.S. – 120 Million Americans Struggle to Afford Medicine. That number came from a 2008 Harvard School of Public Health study...
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Mayo Clinic Reports: Patients Aren’t Filling Prescriptions Because of Cost
We don’t mean to sound like a broken record, but more reports keep coming out informing us, and hopefully our elected officials, too, that people are not taking their medication due to cost. Most...
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In Medicare “Doughnut Hole” 3.4 Million Stop Taking Their Medication
New research shows that the Medicare drug plan “doughnut hole” seriously endangers not only the pocketbook, but also the health of our nation’s seniors and other Medicare enrollees. Two separate...
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Average Americans Show Compassion for their Fellow Citizens Who Can’t Afford...
Two years ago, ABC News ran a segment (What Would You Do?) that showed Americans going out of their way to help strangers who could not afford their medication. Actors visited local pharmacies...
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