Does North Carolina Need a Pharmaceutical Assistance Program for Older Adults?

Thursday, June 1, 2000

Among older adults in North Carolina living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, about 56 percent (roughly 275,000 people) are without insurance for prescription drugs. Such adults resort to various strategies, some dangerous, to manage their prescription drug costs. The author proposes a way for North Carolina to assist its low-income older adults in managing and paying for needed medications.

Citation: 
Liedtka, Patrick. "Does North Carolina Need a Pharmaceutical Assistance Program for Older Adults?" Popular Government 65, no. 4 (Summer 2000): 37-40.
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