Prescription Drug Coupons

Massachusetts lawmakers have lifted the longtime ban on prescription drug coupons. This makes Massachusetts  last state in the country to allow these discounts. The coupons will make some prescription drugs that do not have less-expensive generics more affordable. But, health insurance advocates say these coupons are a short-term benefit to a long-term issue that will ultimately drive up the price of health care.

GUESTS:

• Amy Whitcomb Slemmer: executive director of Health Care for All
• Bruce Tarr: State Senator (R-Gloucester)
• Trudy Lieberman: health care journalist, contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review