Stretching Your Dollar: How to Save Money on Prescriptions
Rising costs of prescriptions are forcing people to skip out on essential medicines and rates are only expected to continue climbing. Lisa Gill, health and medicine investigative reporter at Consumer Reports, joined 'Stretching Your Dollar' to explain why prescription costs are spiking and how people can navigate an already complex healthcare system.
Ahead of the release of October's consumer inflation data Tuesday, you may notice changes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. When it comes to how it estimates health insurance costs, the move is expected to give a boost to the U.S. inflation measure which will reverse a trend that has provided some relief.
A handful of retailers will report earnings this week, including Home Depot, Target, Walmart and Macy's, as gas prices peaked in September to the end of this latest quarter while borrowing costs remain at their highest levels in decades.
