Prescription drug price gouging: What seniors need to know

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Fox Business - 10/1/2017 - Casey Dowd - Americans spent $457 billion on prescription drugs in 2015, according to a recent issue of the AARP Bulletin. The most popular brand-name drugs rose 208 percent between 2008 and 2016—bad news for retirees living on a fixed income, and according to one senior citizens lobbying group, because Medicare doesn’t have the authority to negotiate drug prices, millions of older Americans are at risk of price gouging for their prescription drugs. Read more @ http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/201 ... -know.html