About 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point between July 2022 and July 2023 because of the cost, according to a KFF survey. So, this year, “An Arm and a Leg” asked listeners: What strategies have you used when you’ve been struck by pharmacy sticker shock?
Dozens of listeners responded with their stories, including Bob, who is being identified only by his first name to guard his family’s privacy and whose daughter has epilepsy. When Bob changed jobs, the price tag for his daughter’s medication went through the roof. In this first installment of a two-part series, “An Arm and a Leg” shares lessons from Bob’s experience navigating a maze of pharmacies and insurance companies to get his daughter the medicine she needs.
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