Insurance gap leads some elderly to forgo medicine

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 08/21/2008 - 09:01

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their prescriptions, researchers say....


 

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