Still a Pain: The Cost of Prescription Drugs to Seniors With the Medicare Drug Benefit

December 04, 2003

Alan Barber

December 2003, Dean Baker

This paper notes that, even with the recently-passed Medicare drug benefit, seniors will face higher prescription drug costs than they did in 2000 (when it was a major issue in the presidential campaign).

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Still a Pain: The Cost of Prescription Drugs to Seniors With the Medicare Drug Benefit

Alan Barber

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Alan Barber | CPC Center Policy Director

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