The country’s seniors are debilitated by Medicaid and Medicare’s poor management, inadequate coverage, and meager attempts to compensate for drug companies’ soaring prices. And, according to one senior, caravanning to Canada for drugs is hardly the solution. Pearline Atkins, a 67-year-old Chicago native, [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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