Medicare Part D Rebates Will Top 9 Percent Of Drug Costs, Medicare Trustees Project
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Rebates continue to be higher than predicted, trustees say; Part D is “adequately financed under current law.”
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