Dr. Nardone was formerly the clinical director for the primary care division of the Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR (retired 2002). He currently holds the positions of staff physician at Portland VA Medical Center and professor emeritus in the division of general internal medicine and geriatrics at Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland.
In today's health care market, many patients with chronic diseases cannot afford the drugs they're prescribed. Here's what practitioners can do to ease the financial burden of out-of-pocket costs for their patients.