Show 1120: How Can You Save Money on Medicines?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Prescription drugs cost more in the US than in any other country. Prices have been rising far more quickly than the cost of living, and the proportion people must pay out of pocket has also been increasing. As a result, many patients are finding it difficult to afford their medicines. Are you among them? Is […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Grady. I'm Terry Grady.
0:03.3	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the
0:08.8	health headlines. This podcast is brought to you by Reddex Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800, 345, 7339 on the web at utter cream.com. Have you ever experienced sticker shock in the pharmacy?
0:35.0	The cost of prescription medications has been soaring.
0:38.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.
0:50.0	Have you ever gotten to the pharmacy expecting an inexpensive drug and been presented with a
0:55.9	breathtaking bill?
0:57.8	Some old drugs that shouldn't cost much have become extremely pricey.
1:02.2	How can you save money on medicines?
1:04.0	Consumer Reports, Cover Story for May, offers strategies to save money on your medicines.
1:10.5	Pharmacists can be a great resource, but they may not be able to volunteer information.
1:16.0	Find out what questions to ask to get the information you need.
1:21.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, share your own stories and tactics for saving money on medicines.
1:27.0	First, the news.
1:31.6	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, the CDC reports that diseases carried by ticks and
1:37.4	mosquitoes are becoming far more common.
1:40.2	New data from 2004 to 2016 shows that such vector-born diseases have more than tripled.
1:47.0	In 2004, the CDC noted over 27,000 cases of Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and West Nile, Dange, and
1:56.1	Zeka virus disease.
1:58.2	Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever are transmitted by ticks,
2:02.0	whereas West Nile, Dange, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses are
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