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RSS FeedsSome North Dakotans turn to Canada for prescription pills
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21 september 2019 11:16:47

 
Some North Dakotans turn to Canada for prescription pills
(WorldNews Canada)
 


BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Roger Roehl four years ago found the `silver bullet` for leukemia - a medication called Gleevec. Roehl, of Mandan, was 64 years old and had a state health insurance plan that covered the life-saving medication minus a $10 copay. But when he turned 65 and enrolled in Medicare, the price of the drug skyrocketed to $2,400 for a 30-day supply. Roehl, a retiree living on a fixed income, couldn`t afford the medication, so he stopped taking it. He was warned the leukemia - which was in remission - would come back. Then, a brochure came in the mail from a Canadian pharmacy advertising the drug for a fraction of the price - $684 for 30 days. He purchased a three-month supply and...


 
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