Middle class popping a lot of painkillers
22 July 2015 - 02:03
Medical aid schemes are coughing up most for chronic medicines, cancer treatment and painkillers. The latest annual report of Mediscor, which helps medical aids manage spending on medication, offers a snapshot of middle-class drug use, showing the habits of about a million of 8million members of schemes.
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