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Slump Pushing Cost of Drugs Out of Reach

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While communities with high unemployment and depressed areas like Rocky Mount in N. Carolina, with 14% unemployment -and many customers skipping prescriptions because they can't afford them- are the worst off, the national picture shows many similiarities. Even with Medicare drug benefit, lowcost generics, and Walmart type low cost drugs, many Americans cannot afford prescription medications for life threatening illnesses. Nationally a third of respondents say they are not complying with prescriptions as they cannot afford them, compared to a fourth three years ago.

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