CMS Considering Price Comparison Website For Full Medicare Rx Benefit In 2006
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is looking into extending its price comparison website for the Medicare drug discount card into the full Medicare Rx benefit that starts in 2006
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