Not taking medicines as prescribed can have huge costs both for patients and the U.S. health care system. Here are some numbers illustrating the problem:
—About 133 million Americans, or about 45 percent of the population, has at least one chronic disease.
—Nearly three in four Americans don't always take medication as directed, and one in three people never even fill their prescriptions.
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