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Seeing the cost of health care firsthand

Posted on April 21, 2008

By Ben LeachMedical Production AssistantWhile studying to become a medical reporter, one of the ways I learned about health care was by working as a pharmacy technician. Under the watchful eyes of the pharmacists, I filled prescriptions and learned about hundreds of prescription drugs and the conditions they treat. I wasn t expecting to learn so much about prescription insurance plans. I recently worked on a series about the cost of health care and I couldn t help but remember how much people spent on their prescription drugs. People needed these drugs to stay healthy, but even with pre...

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