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Generic programs elicit healthy smiles
19 November, 2006
As Robin Blum sat quietly one day last
week in the pharmacy area of the Meijer store in Sylvania
Township, she was unaware her prescription wouldn't
cost her a dime.
The amoxicillin antibiotic she needed for her 15-month-old
son, Gabriel, who will soon have ear-implant surgery,
was free.
"Really? That's good. That just saves me money,"
said Ms. Blum, who pays $150 to $200 a month for medicines
to help Gabriel, who was born 15 weeks premature.
Toledo-area residents are the latest to be wooed by
U.S. retailers' plan to gain a competitive edge: low-cost
or free generic prescription drugs.
Last month, Wal-Mart began offering more than 300
generic drugs for $4 per prescription in Ohio and
Michigan.
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