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70 - How to Save on Prescription Drugs
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The U.S. spends more on prescription drugs than any other country—about $2,000 per capita, according to a Rand Corporation study released in 2021. A recent report from the CDC found that more than 9 million Americans don’t take their medications as directed due to the cost.
In this episode: Why are drug prices so high, and can anything be done about it? Plus, ways you can cut the cost of your prescription meds.
About our guests: Lisa Gill is an investigative reporter with Consumer Reports who focuses on health and medicine. Stacie Dusetzina is a professor in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Much of her research focuses on the economics related to prescription drugs.
Additional Consumerpedia podcast episodes on health.
More from Consumer Reports
How to Beat the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs
Online Pharmacies Can Help You Save Big on Prescription Drugs
How to Find the Best Medicare Part D Drug Plan
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Manage episode 440712640 series 3000580
The U.S. spends more on prescription drugs than any other country—about $2,000 per capita, according to a Rand Corporation study released in 2021. A recent report from the CDC found that more than 9 million Americans don’t take their medications as directed due to the cost.
In this episode: Why are drug prices so high, and can anything be done about it? Plus, ways you can cut the cost of your prescription meds.
About our guests: Lisa Gill is an investigative reporter with Consumer Reports who focuses on health and medicine. Stacie Dusetzina is a professor in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Much of her research focuses on the economics related to prescription drugs.
Additional Consumerpedia podcast episodes on health.
More from Consumer Reports
How to Beat the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs
Online Pharmacies Can Help You Save Big on Prescription Drugs
How to Find the Best Medicare Part D Drug Plan
Not a Checkbook member? Sign up for a free 30-day trial to access all of our unbiased ratings.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/consumerpedia/support71 episodes
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