A life or death choice.
Paying for your rent
or for your medication
that's suddenly
hundreds of dollars
more expensive.
I'm Marisa
Wojcik, "Here & Now" series
producer and multimedia
journalist.
A five-part
series called
Rx Uncovered
looks at why we can't afford
life-saving medication
and why
insurance isn't covering it.
We always assumed that
he kind of ran some life
choices and said rent
or this
and probably
could do without it.
Bill is a grieving father
whose son Cole died
suddenly because he couldn't
get his medicine.
Cole went to pick
up the prescription
only to find the price for
it had spiked sky high.
He left the pharmacy
without it
and wound up in the ER
days later and passed away.
In the first
installment of Rx Uncovered
we learn what can make
prescription drug costs
unexpectedly jump
and who can protect you.
Find more at
pbswisconsin.org.