Source: Marlene Cimons, McKenzie Beard & Teddy Amenabar, Washington Post ( Paid Registration )

A cyberattack on a health-care company has created problems for many patients trying to fill drug prescriptions. For some consumers, the hack has forced them to pay cash for expensive drugs, denied their use of pharmaceutical discount coupons or left them unable to get their refills at all.

The reason behind the chaos is a ransomware attack on a company called Change Healthcare (part of UnitedHealth Group), which is believed to process 50 percent of the medical claims in the United States. The hack forced the company to shut down many of its systems. That means many hospitals and doctors can’t collect payments, and many patients can’t get their drugs paid for when they try to fill prescriptions.

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