Drug partnership gets patients much-needed prescriptions

CHAMPAIGN – When Collins & Aikman closed its auto-parts plants in Rantoul last year, E.J. Brown lost more than a job.

He and his wife, Betty, also lost their health insurance, and along with it, any hope of being able to pay for their medicines.

They need a lot of them.

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