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  • A Cancer Drug's Big Price Rise Disturbs Doctors and Patients

    03/11/2006 12:57:14 PM PST · by Racehorse · 62 replies · 1,850+ views
    New York Times ^ | 12 March 2006 | Alex Berenson
    On Feb. 3, Joyce Elkins filled a prescription for a two-week supply of nitrogen mustard . . . The cost was $77.50. On Feb. 17, Ms. Elkins, a 64-year-old retiree . . . returned to her pharmacy for a refill. This time . . . the cost was $548.01. Ms. Elkins's insurance does not cover nitrogen mustard, which she must take for at least the next six months at a cost that will now total nearly $7,000. She and her husband . . . are paying for the medicine by spending less on utilities and food, she said. The medicine...