But soon, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit will put the U.S. government in the business of providing prescription drug coverage.
The first is: Has the Medicaid drug rebate system controlled prescription drug spending?
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In the short term, the new president and Congress could force drug companies to negotiate lower prescription drug prices with Medicare, cutting into their profits.
To curb prescription drug abuse, 34 states have prescription monitoring programs, but their requirements and effectiveness vary, experts said.
One option is to join a Prescription Drug Plan (PDP), which covers prescription medication only.
While the FDA successfully prevented 137 drug shortages between January 1, 2010 and September 26, 2011, prescription drug shortages continue to threaten the health and safety of the American people.
Drug safety legislation could be coupled to the re-approval of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, a 1997 law that sped up drug approvals by getting drug firms to help pay for the process.
For several years, drugmakers have been paying fees when they file new drug applications that the FDA uses to pay its reviewers, under a law called the prescription drug user fee act, or PDUFA. In return, the FDA promises to deliver some decision--even if it's just "needs more data"--by a given date, called the PDUFA date.
The government would pay 50% of each participant's prescription drug costs, up to a specified limit.
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Pharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs, run prescription drug plans for employers, insurers and other customers.
During opening statements, attorneys framed Jackson's prescription drug addiction through the prism of his superstar status.
In addition to military spending, Bush put in place the Medicare prescription drug entitlement program.
He's built, Thomas is the one who put the prescription drug benefit to Medicare.
Nearly 11 million people covered by Part D did not previously have prescription drug coverage.
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Medicare Part D leverages the power of market competition to deliver prescription drug coverage to seniors.
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Seniors will get more assistance with prescription drug costs than they're getting right now.
PBMs advise employers and health maintenance organizations how to save money on prescription drug costs.
As for Social Security, a Medicare prescription drug programme is likely to prove extremely costly.
What about a prescription drug bill the cost of which continues to add up?
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The majority of Part D beneficiaries are in the former category, the Prescription Drug Plan.
Look, when Congress added a prescription drug benefit, it took some time to phase in.
Moving on, what should we think about a prescription drug bill written by the pharmaceutical industry?
One thing that has been unexpected is the success of a generics-only prescription drug program.
We'll reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies and ask more from the wealthiest seniors.
Medicare can purchase -- use their bargaining power to make prescription drug purchases more efficient.
According to the Governor, more Kentuckians die from prescription drug overdoses than from car accidents.
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In his apartment, he shows the eight prescription drug vials with his daily medications.
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The misuse of painkillers represents three-fourths of the overall problem of prescription drug abuse.
And we had a prescription drug benefit that, although very worthy, we never paid for.
The prescription drug benefit portion of the law does not go into effect until 2006.
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