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Prescription drug costs keep rising

April 4, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review Affordable Care Act, drug spending, Express Scripts, pharmacy benefits, prescription drug costs, spending on prescription drugs 2016, Issue 04-04-2016, Issues, News, Pharmacy

WASHINGTON — Inflation in medication costs eased last year due to spending controls and fewer new blockbusters, although there are still numerous cases of sticker shock. Spending on prescription drugs rose 5.2% in 2015, including the effects of rebates, driven by an 18% increase in specialty drugs, noted Express Scripts Holding Co. in a recent

Health care spending outpaces economy

December 7, 2015 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review Affordable Care Act, Andrew Slavitt, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, health care spending, health insurance coverage, Medicaid, spending on prescription drugs 2015, Business, Issue 12-07-2015, Issues, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WASHINGTON — Health care spending in the United States last year exceeded $3 trillion as five years of slow growth was replaced by the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid and private health insurance coverage. Prescription drug prices accelerated as well. Health care spending grew faster than the economy in 2014, and the federal share