Still Rising: Drug Price Increases for Seniors 1999-2000


 

Publication Date: April 2000

Publisher: Families USA

Author(s): Amanda McCloskey

Research Area: Health

Type: Report

Abstract:

America's senior citizens are falling farther and farther behind in their struggles to pay for prescription drugs as the prices for those drugs increase faster than inflation. This update of Hard to Swallow looks at the rising costs of the 50 drugs most commonly prescribed for senior citizens.