Comparing spending on common generic drugs by Medicare vs Costco members

2021 JUL 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- What The Study Did: The amount Medicare pays for common generic prescriptions in Part D was compared with prices available to patients without insurance at Costco.

Authors: Erin Trish, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.3366)

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