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Released: March 08, 2013
When a drug costs 30 times what it once did
Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles (Free Registration)
Diane Shattuck filled a prescription in December for a generic antibiotic called doxycycline. With insurance, she paid $4.30 for 60 pills at a CVS store in Orange.
She returned at the end of February to refill her prescription. This time, she was told her cost for the drug would be about $165.
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