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Pharmaceutical Care Management Assoc.
"VA-style' prescription drug benefit won't work in Medicare, pharmacy group says
June 26th, 2004
Replicating a Veterans Administration-style model to delivering prescription drug benefits to more than 40 million Medicare beneficiaries is a flawed approach that would result in fewer choices for America's seniors and would likely shift billions of dollars of prescription drug spending onto consumers in the private marketplace, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) says. Barely 24 hours into the new Medicare prescription drug discount card program, opponents of the new program are, regrettably, pushing an agenda that would lead to fewer choices for seniors, the association added. Rather than working to sow fear and confusion, PCMA challenges policy...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2004-06-26)
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