Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing. For anyone who needs regular prescriptions to manage serious chronic health conditions, the soaring cost of their medications creates a real burden. Studies show that one in four adults skip medications primarily due to cost, which leads to bigger problems b...
This has led many to cross the border and start buying their prescriptions at half the price in places like Canada.Alison Rein of the National Consumers League, says, "The fact that busloads of Americans are crossing the border buying medications or going online is a clear sign that the ...
Canada cracks down on U.S. patients buying Ozempic in British Columbia Some Americans have been turning to Canadian pharmacies to get better prices for and easier access to the popular medication. / Source: TODAY By A. Pawlowski, Cecilia Wong, Margot Cohen, Richard Adams and Stephanie Gosk Wi...
The other major potential sweetener is the possibility of providing doctors with the ability to ‘write prescriptions’ for fresh produce for some patients. They could then bring these prescriptions to a food pantry (ideally one that would be open at that time) where they could receive some fres...
But that’s unlikely to make a dent in the US market, Saini says: “Canada is a country of about 30 million people. It doesn’t have enough medication to provide all those prescriptions for the US – a nation 10 times the size.” Some Canadian health industry groups and patients ...