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Brand-name and Specialty Drug Prices Skyrocketing, AARP Study Finds

Nation might not be able to rely on lower-priced generics as a counterbalance any longer
 

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March 1, 2016—Retail prices for 622 brand name, generic, and specialty prescription drugs widely used by Medicare beneficiaries rose by an average of 9.4 percent in 2013, a far higher rate than in the previous seven years and far above 2013’s general inflation rate of 1.5 percent, new research shows.  


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