AdvancePCS Sees Little Chance For Medicare Rx In 2001
Executive Summary
The odds of a Medicare prescription drug benefit becoming law this year are very slim, AdvancePCS CEO David Halbert told the Goldman Sachs healthcare conference in Dana Point, Calif., July 13.
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