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50 of all adults takes at least one prescription. That means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. Last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12. 2 to nearly 300 billion dollars. Thats five times what prices jumped in 2013. Later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. Expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. It is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. The wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increases averaging 76 from 2010 to 2014. That was more than elite times g...

Spent so much on Holiday Gifts and shopping, Identity Theft naturally makes us think of credit card numbers and bogus charges, but there has been a surprising turn of criminals using your name for medical theft. Lisa fletcher investigates what that means and how it is frustrating to fix once someone has stolen your identity for your medical care. Reporter this woman, a mother of four, lives just outside salt lake city. This was the one that was stolen . P yes. Reporter in 206 her drivers licence was stolen from her car. For her and her family it was the beginning of an ordeal which continues t...

50 of all adults takes at least one prescription. That means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. Last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12. 2 to nearly 300 billion dollars. Thats five times what prices jumped in 2013. Later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. Expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. It is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. The wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increases averaging 76 from 2010 to 2014. That was more than elite times g...

Charges, but there has been a surprising turn of criminals using your name for medical theft. Lisa fletcher investigates what that means and how it is frustrating to fix once someone has stolen your identity for your medical care. Reporter this woman, a mother of four, lives just outside salt lake city. This was the one that was stolen . P yes. Reporter in 206 her drivers licence was stolen from her car. For her and her family it was the beginning of an ordeal which continues to this day. A couple of months after my drivers licence was stolen, i got a call from Child Protective Services and th...

Spent so much on Holiday Gifts and shopping, Identity Theft makes us think of credit card numbers and bogus charges. There has been a turn by criminals making use of your good name to commit medical Identity Theft. Lisa fletcher investigates what that means and why it is so frustrating to try to fix when someone has stolen your identity for their medical care. This mother of four lives just outside salt lake city. This was the one that was stolen . Yes in 2006 her drivers licence was stolen from her car. For her and her family, it was the beginning of an ordeal which continues to this day. A c...