Compare that to Parts A and B, which by 1990 cost 10 times the original projections for that year when the program was adopted.

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Compare that to Parts A and B, which by 1990 cost 10 times the original projections for that year when the program was adopted in 1965.

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You want to compare Column A (selling in 2010) with Column B (selling in 2011).

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Thankfully, in a rare move, the federal government has stepped in to compare the effectiveness of the expensive Drug A and the cheaper Drug B in a national trial.

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