(BPT) - Después de que la familia de Carol Vanderploeg sufriera una doble pérdida de empleo en la primavera pasada, le surgió la preocupación de cómo podría asumir el costo promedio mensual de $1,300 del medicamento por receta para la epilepsia de su esposo.
Cuando se mudaron a la ciudad de Augusta, Georgia, en busca de empleo, la pareja sólo disponía de píldoras suficientes para algunos meses. E incluso cuando encontró otro empleo en Delta Air Lines, el costo potencialmente alto del reabastecimiento de la medicina siguió inquietando a Vanderploeg.
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