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Asthma meds have become shockingly unaffordable − but relief may be on the way

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law
imageIts price will take your breath away.Brian Jackson/Getty Images

The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half.

The jump – in some cases from around a little over US$10to almost $100 for an inhaler – has meant that patients in need of asthma-related products often struggle to buy them. Others...

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