Study: Patients Paying Less for Painkillers

The cost of prescription painkillers has been gradually decreasing for patients, with a growing share of the costs now covered by insurers, according to new research.

That shift over the last decade could be partly responsible for the dramatic increase in the use of the powerful, and increasingly deadly, drugs, according to a study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs.

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