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That's not surprising. The cost of prescription drugs has soared in recent years. By one estimate, drug prices have risen about 12.2% annually since 1993, and this at a time when total health-care costs are rising at a more manageable 5.1% rate. The hikes are particularly rough on the elderly, who--not surprisingly--spend three times as much on drugs as the rest of the population. What's more, insurance coverage for prescription drugs is a big problem for many seniors. Medicare doesn't cover prescription drugs unless they are associated with a hospital stay. True, about...
...ride buses in organized tours sponsored by senior-citizen advocacy groups. Either way, they want medications that salve ills from leukemia to ulcers, mood disorders to high cholesterol. These are the identical life-improving, death-defying drugs that they would get at home--but for a fraction of the cost. And so it is on a November day in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, just over the bridge from Laredo, Texas. LOS PRECIOS MAS BAJOS GARANTIZADOS, declares the sign at Farmacia el Fenix: "The lowest prices guaranteed...
While the high cost of drugs is making Americans cross the border, in Washington it's making politicians nervous. Last Friday Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert found his Illinois office besieged by 300 angry protesters wielding prescription-drug bottles. In Washington, Al Gore staged an event at a local pharmacy to denounce the cost of prescription drugs. In Chicago his Democratic opponent, former Senator Bill Bradley, told health-care professionals that he was committed to providing a Medicare benefit for drugs. And in New Hampshire, Republican Senator John McCain, who is moving up in the polls against front runner...
Live Internet broadcasting has been in the organization's long-term plans for awhile, McCormack said. It was just a matter of finding a company to provide audio streaming at a low cost...
WarpRadio, a Colorado-based start-up company, was just what WHRB needed. In exchange for four 60-second advertisements per day on the station, which equals about $6,000 a month, the company is providing the audio streaming free of cost, she said...