Two Chippewa Valley medical services providers told the Chippewa Valley Post that this area hasn’t escaped the state and national drug price increase trends reported recently by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. (The WCIJ article summing up its investigation is available by clicking here.) Maribeth Woodford, executive director of the Chippewa Valley Free Clinic, said her dispensary […]
Large prescription drug cost increases in recent years impact health care providers and taxpayers along with patients and their families
By Sean Kirkby, Dee J. Hall and Bridgit Bowden Wisconsin Health News, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, Wisconsin Public Radio The costs of seven widely prescribed antibiotics, cancer drugs, arthritis medications and other prescriptions have escalated between 29% and 5,241% in recent years, according to a joint investigation by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism […]