prescription drugs

Colfax Republican Joe Schmick says rural patients may not have a choice from where they get their prescription drugs, and he’s looking to change that.   He noted this past summer, the Washington Public Employee Benefit Board as well as the School Employee Benefit Board approved Kaiser Permanente as a health insurance provider.  He said ...

Much of the attention of the Inflation Reduction Act has been on the efforts to address climate change, but Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said that’s not the only part of that bill recently signed into law that will help rural America.   “In terms of lower health care costs, for many, many Americans, senior citizens, a significant percentage of which live in rural America.”   Vilsac...

Americans are facing higher prices across the board and rural families are some of the hardest hit.  With fewer choices, stores or suppliers, rural America doesn’t have the same options available to urban communities.  AARP’s Sean Voskuhl said, that doesn’t mean rural families can’t fight inflation. “From groceries, to cars, DIY...

According to the AARP the average older American takes 4.5 prescription drugs, typically on a persistent basis, and 72% say they are concerned about finding affordable medications.  With one-third of U.S. farmers over the age of 65, AARP’s Sean Voskuhl says the impacts of rising prescription drug costs are sharply felt across rural America.   “...

According to the AARP the average older American takes 4.5 prescription drugs, typically on a persistent basis, and 72% say they are concerned about finding affordable medications.  With one-third of U.S. farmers over the age of 65, AARP’s Sean Voskuhl says the impacts of rising prescription drug costs are sharply felt across rural America.   “This...

If you have unused or expired prescription pain killers in your medicine cabinet,  you may have to some day take responsibility for someone, even yourself, abusing those drugs, becoming addicted, or even dying.   "Among abusers of pain relievers, 68% obtained those pills from a friend or relative for free,” said Nancy Hale, president of Operation Unite, a group fighting the drug crisis in Eas