While we’re busy working on some big projects this summer, we’re re-releasing some of our most ambitious and useful reporting to date. 

Last year, we set out on a mission: Collect all the best advice about what to do when your prescription drugs cost more than you can afford. 

Our listeners wrote to us about their experiences getting around this most demoralizing — and distinctly American — problem in order to get the medicine they need.

Those responses allowed us to map a whole landscape of potential fixes — none a guaranteed solution for everyone, every time — but all worth knowing about. 

In this episode, you’ll meet some of the intrepid navigators charting the path — including a dad on a mission to afford his daughter’s epilepsy medication, a Medicare coach who helps seniors save tens of thousands of dollars on meds, a pharmaceutical sales rep with a brilliant short-term fix, and other generous and smart fellow travelers.   

We documented all their advice and more in our Prescription Drug Playbook. 

Here’s a transcript of this episode. 

Want weekly updates from the Arm and a Leg team, including more practical advice for dealing with the outrageous cost of health care? Sign up for our newsletter, First Aid Kit. 

Send your stories and questions! Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.

Of course we’d love for you to support this show.

While we&rsquo;re busy working on some big projects this summer, we&rsquo;re re-releasing some of our most ambitious and useful reporting to date.&nbsp;
Last year, we set out on a mission: Collect all the best advice about what to do when your prescription drugs cost more than you can afford.&nbsp;
Our listeners wrote to us about their experiences getting around this most demoralizing &mdash; and distinctly American &mdash; problem in order to get the medicine they need.
Those responses allowed us to map a whole landscape of potential fixes &mdash; none a guaranteed solution for everyone, every time &mdash; but all worth knowing about.&nbsp;
In this episode, you&rsquo;ll meet some of the intrepid navigators charting the path &mdash; including a dad on a mission to afford his daughter&rsquo;s epilepsy medication, a Medicare coach who helps seniors save tens of thousands of dollars on meds, a pharmaceutical sales rep with a brilliant short-term fix, and other generous and smart fellow travelers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We documented all their advice and more in our <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/starter-pack/the-prescription-drug-playbook/">Prescription Drug Playbook</a>.&nbsp;
<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/episode/drug-playbook-full-version/#transcript">Here&rsquo;s a transcript of this episode</a>.&nbsp;
Want weekly updates from the Arm and a Leg team, including more practical advice for dealing with the outrageous cost of health care? Sign up for our newsletter, <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/first-aid-kit/">First Aid Kit</a>.&nbsp;
Send<a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/"> your stories and questions</a>! Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.
Of course we&rsquo;d love for you to <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/">support this show</a>.

An Arm and a Leg is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it.

If you’ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you’re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting — you’re not always helpless. We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart. 

An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with KFF Health News and distributed in partnership with KUOW.

You can support An Arm and a Leg by donating at armandalegshow.com/support/

Show Credits: Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.

An Arm and a Leg&nbsp;is a podcast about why health care costs so freaking much and what we can (maybe) do about it.
If you&rsquo;ve ever been surprised by a medical bill, you&rsquo;re in good company. But as our team of seasoned journalists has learned from years of reporting &mdash; you&rsquo;re not always helpless. We don&rsquo;t have all the answers, but we&rsquo;ll offer you tools and big picture insights with plenty of humor and heart.&nbsp;
An Arm and a Leg is co-produced with <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/">KFF Health News</a> and distributed in partnership with <a href="https://www.kuow.org/">KUOW</a>.
You can support An Arm and a Leg&nbsp;by donating at <a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/">armandalegshow.com/support/</a>
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Show Credits:&nbsp;Created, hosted, and produced by Dan Weissmann with senior producer Emily Pisacreta and engagement producer Claire Davenport, edited by Ellen Weiss. Audio wizard: Adam Raymonda. Music is by Dave Weiner and Blue Dot Sessions. Bea Bosco is our consulting director of operations. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.