Drug card setback highlights need for cost relief.
Under Bush's prescription card program, Medicare beneficiaries could access the mechanisms used by the privately insured population to lower prescription drug costs and use the leverage of the senior market share to negotiate deeper discounts from drug manufacturers.
Gundling
Richard L
RL
rgundling@hfma.org
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