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Combatting Rising Prescription Drug Costs

Healthcare concept: Money filling perscription bottle with only a few pills spilling out. Represents rising cost in healthcare costs.

Joan, an 81-year-old resident of the Chicago suburbs, recently fell into the “donut hole.” That’s the name for a Medicare coverage gap that requires people to pay more for their medications after the individual and their drug plan have spent a certain amount — $4,130 in 2021 — for covered drugs. While in the donut hole, individuals temporarily pay […]