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How JAMA & Kaiser Family Foundation Studies Have Concluded Millions of U.S. Adults Import Medications

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who take prescription drugs purchase them from outside the U.S. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2016 poll data was used to support an estimate showing that 19 million people, 8% of the adult population , have imported lower cost prescription drugs for personal use. of adults in the U.S. That’s about 2.3

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Hispanics Are More Likely to Use Importation to Find Affordable Prescription Drugs

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import medicine each year to save money. According to that same study, Hispanics in the U.S. are almost four times more likely to have imported medicine than non-Hispanic white people. I believe the percentage of Hispanic people is so much higher due to four main factors. million people in the U.S.