People had plenty to say at a third town hall about the cost of prescription drugs in Illinois on Tuesday.
“It was insulting. It was insulting to me as an individual. You can’t respect my need for those medications, and just think of all this people who don’t have that advocacy,” said Mary Rothschild, a patient with allergies.
“I went through a series of talking to my physician, talking to my insurance company, trying figure out how can I get the medication that’s the better medication that I needed,” said Lequita Michelle Mathew, a patient with multiple sclerosis.
Monday’s discussion in Chicago at the office of Service Employees International Union centered around proposed state legislation that would cap costs of prescription drugs with a Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
Read more here: https://abc7chicago.com/post/proposed-illinois-law-would-create-board-help-tackle-high-prescription-drug-prices-doctors-patients-weigh/15236547/
