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A life or death choice.

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Paying for your rent

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or for your medication

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that's suddenly

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hundreds of dollars

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more expensive.

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I'm Marisa

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Wojcik, "Here & Now" series

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producer and multimedia

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journalist.

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A five-part

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series called

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Rx Uncovered

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looks at why we can't afford

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life-saving medication

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and why

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insurance isn't covering it.

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We always assumed that

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he kind of ran some life

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choices and said rent

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or this

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and probably

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could do without it.

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Bill is a grieving father

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whose son Cole died

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suddenly because he couldn't

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get his medicine.

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Cole went to pick

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up the prescription

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only to find the price for

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it had spiked sky high.

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He left the pharmacy

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without it

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and wound up in the ER

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days later and passed away.

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In the first

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installment of Rx Uncovered

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we learn what can make

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prescription drug costs

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unexpectedly jump

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and who can protect you.

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Find more at

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pbswisconsin.org.