Drugmakers Turn Cheap Generics Into Expensive Pills

Drugmakers Turn Cheap Generics Into Expensive Pills
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Kendall Jack was dismayed when her health plan stopped covering her migraine drug Treximet earlier this year. To buy a pack at the pharmacy would cost $750, compared with a $20 copay when the drug was covered.

Instead, the 50-year-old stay-at-home mother from Memphis, Tenn., takes Treximet's two active ingredients—sumatriptan and naproxen—as separate pills. For these two generic drugs, her copay is zero.

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