Drug co-pays to increase for disabled and seniors

Senior citizens and disabled citizens will soon have to pay more for prescription drugs:

The state announced Monday copays in its drug assistance program will increase August 1.

The copay for generics will go from $5 to $6. It will go from $5 to $7 for brand names. They’re the first increases since 1992.

I’m not a politician, but there has to be another way.

Many of these people can barely afford the medications they get now. An increase will likely cause them to stop taking their medications altogether resulting in an increased burden on an already overloaded health care system.

(via Jay at Triple Venti)