title: Pharmaceuticals issue brief: pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly.
abstract: The spiraling costs of prescription drugs have prompted the states to take a closer look at their elderly.  What they are finding is a rude awakening: that the state's fixed income and poorer senior citizens are having to make the difficult choice between food, utilities, clothing and life-sustaining pharmaceuticals.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hackney
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States