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Politics
Tess Ikonomou

Medications out of reach for women as living costs bite

Woman are twice as likely as men to be unable to afford prescription meds, survey results show. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Women are twice as likely as men to say they cannot afford a prescription for themselves or their families, data reveals as pharmacists urge greater funding to help patients access life-saving medication.

One in four women could not afford a script over the past three years amid cost-of-living pressures, according to research commissioned by the Pharmacy Guild.

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