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After adjusting for multiple factors, minorities with no prescription coverage were almost ten times as likely as minorities with full coverage to restrict their medication usage due to cost. Similarly, among patients with incomes under $10,000 per year, those without prescription coverage were 14 times as likely to restrict their medication use as those with full coverage.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628