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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Without much fanfare, the House of Representatives last week voted to give members of Congress yet another pay raise, as it has done almost every year for nearly a decade. For some reason, our elected officials decided against holding a news conference. Maybe that's because they didn't want to draw attention to the fact that they raise their own salaries almost every year while refusing to raise the pay of our lowest-paid workers.

Go to Morrison's RX pharmacy in Plantation for 30 Nexium gastric reflux pills, and the list price is $202. Drive two miles to Costco in Davie, and it's $131. Unlike most products, the cost of medicine can vary sharply from store to store -- sometimes double or triple the lowest price -- as a result of the nation's complex and loosely regulated drug-selling system. LocalLinks Pharmacy industry experts say many people do not realize they can save money by comparison shopping, and that they can check a state Internet site that now posts prices of the most popular drugs from...