Many drugmakers are cutting their free or discounted medication programs. “Several of the nation’s largest drug manufacturers say they will no longer provide free or discounted medications to low-income elderly and disabled patients because they should be covered by the new Medicare drug benefit.
But for about 1 million Americans with serious illnesses such as AIDS and cancer — patients who last year relied on the pharmaceutical industry’s giveaways — that means Medicare coverage could cost them more than $3,600 this year.” (via KidneyNotes)
