AARP ‘people’s hearing’ will highlight Rx struggles

AARP

16 May 2022 - Congress will hear how high prescription drug prices affect older Americans.

Kitty Ruderman does without the medicines she needs for high cholesterol and osteoporosis because she can’t afford them on her ­fixed income. 

And U.S. Navy veteran Keith Coe and his wife ration the insulin she needs to treat her diabetes because they can’t afford the $650 to pay for the doses her doctor has prescribed.

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