91. A recent study by doctors at the University of Pennsylvania said that it was alarmingly easy for consumers to get prescription drugs without seeing a physician or a pharmacist. 92. A woman asked a good question about how the candidates could make prescription drugs more affordable by more efficient research or testing, rather than subsidizing patients. 93. About half of private health care plans that cover prescription drugs do not cover any form of contraception. 94. About half the increase came from rising prices and half from greater use of prescription drugs, mostly by seniors. 95. Add a blue-ribbon panel charged with reforming Medicare, and prescription drugs becomes an irresistible subject. 96. About half of all prescription drugs are paid for directly by consumers, not through insurance. 97. About half the states have programs to help low-income elderly people buy prescription drugs. 98. Advances in prescription drugs and medical technology have also spurred the decline. 99. According to Sparr, there are no regulations surrounding the delivery of prescription drugs through the mail. 100. Additional money is then put aside in a tax-free account to pay for routine expenses or prescription drugs, dental care and the like. |
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