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Shop around for deals on prescription drugs
If your insurance has ever stopped covering a prescription drug or you don’t have coverage at all, you know how quickly costs can mount. Americans spent, on average, $758 out of pocket for medication in 2012, according to a recent Consumer Reports...Tags: Rite Aid Corp., Services and Shopping, Pharmaceuticals, Consumers, Lipitor (drug)
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Rosenthal: Health and hypocrisy at the drugstore
You now can go to a Walgreens and get examined by a medical professional. Maybe your blood pressure is a little high, or you've suffered from asthma for years. Walgreens has prescription and over-the-counter medications for you. And, on your way out...Tags: Rite Aid Corp., Services and Shopping, American Medical Association, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, American Heart Association
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Ind. Senate backs tighter cold medicine limits
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate has approved a bill that would set tighter limits on the quantities consumers may buy of cold medications often used to make methamphetamine. Senators voted 44-4 on Monday in favor of the bill that would...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Personal Care, Ephedrine (drug)
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Fake medicine poses growing threat to consumers
Consumers shopping for medicine on the Internet often are getting convenience, a good price and the cloak of privacy, but they may not be getting the real thing. A burgeoning multibillion-dollar industry of counterfeit drugs — ranging from AIDS...
Tags: Services and Shopping, General Practitioners, Chemical Industry, Erectile Dysfunction, Drug Trafficking
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Wal-Mart set to open Panorama City grocery store
L.A. NOWAs unions and community groups dig in to stop Wal-Mart from opening a grocery store in Chinatown, the retailing giant is scheduled to open a Panorama City store Friday morning with little outcry. Los Angeles' first Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market will...... -
Feed The Need Day Wed November 21st
What: Feed The Need When: Wednesday November 21st Where: Lafayette Marsh Supermarkets Coming up Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, The WASK Radio Group (98.7 WASK, 93-5 ‘KHY, K105, B102-9, and ESPN 1450AM) will be broadcasting live to help...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Personal Care, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Letters to the editor
25x25 looks good -- on the surface Editor: Most Michigan residents support renewable energy but I cannot support Proposal 3, the so called "25 x 25" proposal that will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. This proposal would require the state's energy providers...
Tags: Nursing Homes, Services and Shopping, Pharmaceuticals, Environmental Issues, Omnicare Incorporated
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Report: CT Has High Rate Of Doctors Dispensing Costly Drugs
The Hartford CourantNew research shows a sharp rise in the number of Connecticut doctors who are prescribing drugs to injured people on workers' compensation at higher prices than if the drugs were bought at pharmacies. The study conducted by Workers Compensation Research...Tags: Research, Services and Shopping, Labor Legislation, Employment, General Practitioners
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Website Helps You Pay Less For Prescriptions
We compare prices on airfare, hotels and gadgets, so why not do the same for prescription drugs. Now a new website called GoodRX lets you do just that. Americans spend more than 300 billion dollars on prescription drugs, often just paying whatever the...
Tags: Services and Shopping, General Practitioners, Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs, Health
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Walgreens to fill half of former Borders site
TribLocal - Wilmette & Kenilworth » NewsWalgreens has confirmed that it plans to fill half of one of Wilmette’s most conspicuous vacancies, at the former Borders on Lake Avenue. The bookstore …... -
New Year Brings New Laws to North Carolina
The Associated PressA new year will bring some new laws to North Carolina, with changes in store for teenage drivers, county jails and people buying certain kinds of cold medicine. Starting Sunday, pharmacies will be required to enter customers into a national database when...Tags: Services and Shopping, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Health and Personal Care, Crime, Law and Justice
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Seniors brace for cuts to Illinois drug program
Joyce Pennington opened a letter from the state recently and got some unexpected news: At the end of this month, she will be dropped from an Illinois program that helps pay for prescription medications.
The 62-year-old Midlothian woman, who has severe...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Hometown, Health Insurance, Veterans Affairs, Health
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Nov 13, 2012
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Oct 15, 2012
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Dec 31, 2011
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