Pharmaceutical Costs : A Comparison of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Medicaid, and Medicare Policies.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicaid.

Medicare.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (20 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides brief background on current Medicare pharmaceutical pricing and policy implications; discusses types of pricing policies used by VA and Medicaid to stem a rise in drug expenditures; and examines implications of negotiating drug prices and options that may lower costs for the Medicare Part D Program and its beneficiaries.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Pharmaceutical Costs

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