AARP Says High Prescription Drug Prices Will Impact All Americans

Season 2, Episode 25,   Nov 10, 2019, 06:00 AM

Back in September, AARP, issued its latest Rx Price Watch report, which highlighted the problem of skyrocketing drug costs; it found the retail prices for widely used drugs increased well above the rate of inflation, and that’s a troubling trend for Medicare beneficiaries. This week on the podcast, we’re speaking with one of the authors of that report, Leigh Purvis, MPA, who says that the problem of high costs will eventually impact all Americans.