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Article: TODAY'S CONSUMER: NEWS YOU CAN USE
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- United Press International
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- April 2, 2002
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Today's Consumer: News you can use
Apr 02, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- NEW HIV DRUG
DISCOUNT SERVICE
A new drug discount service offered by an HIV advocacy group is offering
cut rate -- up to 50 percent off -- pharmaceutical prices to its members.
The novel program is helping to bridge the gap between the prohibitive
price of new drugs to treat the AIDS virus and the ability of low-
income patients to pay for them.
In recent years, drug-buying cooperatives have begun to serve a traditionally
neglected consumer niche -- low-income seniors and the uninsured.
Existing programs, however, have focused almost exclusively on seniors
and few have organized ...