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The cost of a house for

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life-saving medicine

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and a health plan

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that won't cover a dime.

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I'm.

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series producer

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and multimedia journalist.

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Our five-part series

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Rx Uncovered

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investigates how patients

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come up drastically

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short of the critical care

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they need.

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My next

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question was

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how do I pay

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$20,000 or $13,000

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or whatever

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for drugs?

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Nobody can do that.

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I don't care who you are.

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Like Kevin

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whose cancer

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medication totaled more

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than $100,000.

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How we don't know

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what our health plan does

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and does not cover

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until we need it most.

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It's a maze of complex

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rules and regulations

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that even health care experts

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have trouble deciphering.

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In Rx Uncovered

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we look at the myriad of ways

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prescription drug

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prices are going up

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and the coverage of them

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is going down.

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Find more

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at pbswisconsin.org.