Healthcare expert Seth Denson on why prescription drug prices remain on the rise; the winner of last night's Democratic debate; more firings in connection with the Parkland school shooting; Jeff breaks down the Supreme Court decisions on gerrymandering and the citizenship question on the census. Click below to listen to hour 1 of #needtoknow for 6/27.
On the prescription drug front: why are prices STILL rising despite ALL the attention being paid to the issue by voters, the media, and Congress? Rising costs are a big issue for patients like Maryanne Perry, who depends on a prescription inhaler for her chronic lung disease (COPD). "Climbing a flight of stairs, by the time you get up you're literally huffing and puffing and gasping for air," Perry said. Last summer, Perry lost health insurance coverage and missed a deadline to enroll in Medicare's Part D drug program. She learned her inhaler would jump from a $50 copay to a staggering $1,000 a month.