With prescription prices skyrocketing, Virginians push for change
Advocates say that some people have to choose between paying for groceries or their medicine.
and last updated 2021-07-20 21:39:08-04
RICHMOND, Va. People across Virginia are pushing for prescription drug prices to be made more affordable.
On average, American adults pay $177 out of pocket every year for the medicine that they need. Senior citizens are paying three times that amount.
For some, the price tag is simply becoming too high. Virginians for Affordable Medicine are calling on lawmakers to accomplish two things this year to help mitigate this problem.
As 2021 is an election year, they want everyone who is running for the House of Delegates to commit to lowering prescription drug prices. Because promises only go so far, the advocates want the creation of a prescription drug advisory board.
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A mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies this afternoon. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 82F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph..
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Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 57F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. Updated: July 13, 2021 @ 5:37 am
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Murfreesboro will be extending its usual Juneteenth celebration into a three-day event this year.
Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed the people of Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln had freed enslaved people in rebel states two and a half years earlier through the Emancipation Proclamation.
Although Lincoln proclaimed the emancipation of enslaved people, effective Jan. 1, 1863, slave owners were responsible for telling the enslaved they were free. Some ignored the order until Union troops arrived to enforce it, according to Cliff Robinson, founder of Juneteenth.com. Texas was the last Confederate state to have the proclamation announced.