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Study Examines Cost, Benefits Of Extending Medicare Drug Use
A new large-scale study of medical records found that the extra cost of extending prescription coverage to Medicare beneficiaries was substantially offset by lower spending on other medical care for people who previously had limited or no prescription-drug coverage.
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