Covering the
full cost of heart disease prevention medications, such as statin
cholesterol-lowering drugs and drugs to reduce high blood pressure, could save
individuals $2,500 and society $1 billion in medical costs. Researchers used a
math model to estimate the savings. About 50% of patients don’t take all their
drugs. The cost is part of the reason why, so doctors estimate that giving the
drugs free of charge would increase the number of people who take them. That
could lower heart attack, stroke, and death.
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