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Cut Your Drug Costs — Safely

Ten ways to save money without compromising your health.

Are prescription drug costs punching a giant crater in your wallet? If so, you’re not alone. More than 70 percent of people aged 65 and older say that paying for their medications is a problem. Medications for the average Medicare beneficiary cost more than $2,300 last year, and drug price hikes far outpace inflation.

Drug discount cards and other cost-saving strategies can reduce your expenses by hundreds of dollars or more. But you’ll need to do your homework to make sure a promised benefit is a real deal, according to Mike Militello, Pharm. D., a cardiology clinical pharmacist at The Cleveland Clinic. “There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to cost-saving…


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