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Side Effects: The rising costs of prescription drugs

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$ide Effect$: Big time price spikes of 500 drugs

<p>Each increase carries with it a story of a family or a parent of a child struggling to come up with the cash to pay for a drug that, in some instances, means the difference between life and death. </p>
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Florida joins multistate antitrust action against generic drug-makers

<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">Florida Attorney General Pam </span>Bondi<span style="font-size: 12px;"> joined 19 other states in a federal antitrust complaint against six drug companies, alleging that they manipulated and artificially inflated the prices of two generic drugs.</span></p>
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Side Effects: A Reason to Give Thanks

<p>How a 10News report helped a Tampa family get insurance coverage for their daughter's medicine.</p>
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Who's profiting from prescription overcharges?

<p>MINNEAPOLIS - Internal pharmacy records obtained by KARE 11, along with two newly filed class-action lawsuits, raise questions about whether some popular insurance plans are overcharging customers for prescription medicines and pocketing the profits.</p>
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$ide Effects: Insider blames middlemen for high drug costs

<p>This isn't the retirement Janet and Kyle Snyder envisioned for themselves.</p>
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Millions of Americans find drug savings in Canada

<p>Millions of Americans who's insurance won't cover the cost of their prescription medications say they are finding relief over the border.</p>
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Side Effects: Drug companies' influence felt in Washington
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Side Effects: 'It's like nobody cares about us'

<p>Charlie Gardner takes multiple medications for his heart condition as well as insulin, and the hundreds of dollars his medicine costs every month is taking its toll.</p>
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Side Effects: Fitness pitchman Tony Little presents the 'Wallet Lifter'

<p><span style="font-size: 12px;">One of the world’s most famous pitchmen, Tony Little, is joining </span>10News’<span style="font-size: 12px;"> fight against soaring prescription costs.</span></p>
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Pharmaceutical companies spend big in Congress, while increasing drug prices

<p>Members of Congress have received $22,109,838, according to campaign contributions since 2015. Near the top of that list was Washington Senator Patty Murray.</p>
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Drug makers double Insulin prices since 2012

<p>Roughly six million Americans with diabetes require insulin to survive, and many say the rising cost of the life-sustaining medication is forcing them to make hard choices.</p>