Rx Price Watch report on specialty prescription drugs from AARP, which found that the average annual price for a single specialty drug used on a chronic basis is now nearly $79,000, compared to $27,824 in 2006. According to an analysis by the group’s Public Policy Institute, The prices of widely used specialty prescription drugs grew more than three times faster than general inflation in 2017, and are more than three times the median Medicare beneficiary’s annual income ($26,200). Many of these drugs are used by older adults for managing conditions like cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
NCHS Brief: Strategies Used by Adults to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs: United States, 2013:
This brief looks at how U.S. adults attempted to reduce costs of prescription drugs through techniques like not taking or filling prescriptions as prescribed, cutting pills in half, or using alternate therapies. The report highlights age and socioeconomic breakdowns.
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