Treating a Common Children's Ailment Isn't Cheap
Channel: ProPublica
Date: 2018-03-05

About six months ago, Aviva Williams’s four-year-old daughter, Amy, began complaining about an itchy bottom -- a classic sign, her doctor later informed her, of pinworms. 

Their doctor prescribed albendazole, a prescription treatment that has been around for decades. Williams thought little of it, until she checked the price with her pharmacist. The drug cost $724 for a four-tablet treatment.

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