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The price you pay at the pharmacy counter has almost nothing to do with what it actually costs to make your medication. Between manufacturer, middleman, and insurance company, your deductible gets inflated through a chain of markups most patients never see coming. Here's how to stop funding everyone else's margin.
Your zip code has a bigger impact on what you pay for prescriptions than most people realize. From aggressive state assistance programs to pharmacy desert pricing, here's a state-by-state breakdown of where drugs are cheapest — and the strategies anyone can use to access those prices no matter where they live.
Brand-name drug prices can be up to 85% higher than their generic counterparts — and most patients have no idea. We dug into the numbers, talked to real people getting crushed by pharmacy bills, and found out exactly how the system is stacked against you. Here's what you need to know to fight back.