"Are those the sort of prescriptions I can expect from you?"
So far, less than 5 percent of the nation's prescriptions are filled this way, but the practice is growing.
When you're not healthy, $500 for an entire year of prescriptions is nothing.
Leave a copy of your prescriptions at home with a friend or family member.
In return, Medicare would pay for half the cost of their prescriptions up to $5,000 a year.
Weight loss and exercise are often part of a doctor's prescription to control the disease.
Last week, the number of prescriptions climbed to 12,000 to 14,000 a day.
Many old people are devastated by the prices of their prescriptions.
Studies show this approach cuts down on the number of prescriptions filled.
But he, too, is disappointed in the number of prescriptions that have been written.