Drug costs make cancer battle more than 1 fight Turbeville woman advocates for bill in D.C. to lower costs of husband’s meds BY KAYLA ROBINS affording them. Even that may urge her senators to support FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018 75 CENTS
[email protected] only give him another year the CREATES Act, legislation and a half of covering costs, introduced to Congress in 2017 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 William Driggers’ cancer and still even if he survives that would lower the cost of medications are so expensive after that, the Driggers couple her husband’s cancer medi- 3 SECTIONS, 26 PAGES | VOL. 123, NO. 106 — and vital to his survival — would be left with nothing. cine from $13,000 a year. that he and his wife may have Lisa Driggers recently trav- L. DRIGGERS CLARENDON SUN to sell his family farm to keep eled to Washington, D.C., to SEE CREATES, PAGE A11 Spring sights at Swan Lake High school students wow judges with art Several in Blackwell’s class win awards for their work A7 NATION Ever dream of being a pilot? Airlines hiring at rate not seen since 9/11 A6 PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM An Australian black swan parent watches over its new family at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens on Saturday. FAR LEFT: A mallard DEATHS, B5 rests at Swan Lake- Iris Gardens while Standard L. Pugh Cleveland L. Holladay keeping a watchful Bessie W. Guinn Alberta Major eye. B J Grant Isiah Luckey Queen E. Grady Joseph T.