Healthy Skepticism Library item: 7733

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Publication type: Journal Article

Wechsler J.
House adopts Medicare rx benefit
Pharmaceutical Executive 2002; 22:(8):26,28

Abstract:

This article discusses the approval of a new Medicare reform bill by the senate that allots $320 billion over eight years for the pharmacy benefit, and another $30 billion to boost Medicare payments to hospitals, doctors, and health maintenance organizations, grants $600 million to pharmacists to support patient counseling programs, electronic prescribing, drug use review, and information technology, blocks reimportation and generic drug proposals as well as cancelling an item to study the impact of direct-to-consumer advertising on pharmaceutical use and cost.