Prescription Drug Expenditures--Medicare, Medicaid
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- Take Me To The Pilot. Brown, E. Victor // Health Management Technology;Jan2008, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p28
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- Who cares what it costs to dispense a Medicaid prescription? Lamphere-Thorpe, Jo Ann; Johnston, William P. // Health Care Financing Review;Spring94, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p9
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- SCI, HMG sign auditing deal with Chrysler. // Drug Topics;3/16/98, Vol. 142 Issue 6, p8
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- Rx limits can boomerang on savings, study finds. Conlan, Michael F. // Drug Topics;10/24/94, Vol. 138 Issue 20, p74
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- Pricing disparity is one bitter pill. Winston, Paul // Business Insurance;11/3/2003, Vol. 37 Issue 44, p6
The article focuses on pricing disparity of prescription drugs between Canada and the U.S. For various reasons, prescription drugs are much cheaper in Canada than the exact same medications are in the U.S. In recognition of this, of course, savvy entrepreneurs on both sides of the border are...
