Article: Funding for retail prescription drugs.(VITAL SIGNS)

Article: Expenditures for prescription drugs: too much or ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... projects that spending for prescription drugs will increase well into the ... 121.8 billion spent on retail prescription drugs accounted for just 9.4 ... according to CMS data. By 2010, retail prescription drug sales are expected to ...

Article: Who cares what it costs to dispense a Medicaid prescription? ...
Health Care Financing Review;  March 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... payment methods for prescription drugs. Thus, Medicaid ... 75 percent of prescription drugs dispensed in the ... distribution vehicle for prescription drugs, the adequacy ... in the average retail prescription price, the average ...

Article: Election Watchdog: Ballot Initiative Would Give All Californians ...
U.S. Newswire;  January 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... paying too much for prescription drugs. The makers of ... to provide safe prescription drugs at a fair price ... Californians buy more prescription drugs than consumers ... dollar amount in retail prescription drug sales in California ...

Article: Canada Medicine Mart Launches Florida Retail ...
Business Wire;  May 26, 2004 ;     640 words ... ... launch of its new 30-day Retail Prescription Drug Challenge. The challenge ... purchase the higher-priced prescription drugs they may now acquire through ... towards customers who use prescription drugs for the long-term treatment ... Canada Medicine Mart's Retail ...

Article: Canada Medicine Mart launches Wisconsin Retail ...
Business Wire;  May 19, 2004 ;     639 words ... ... launch of its new 30-day Retail Prescription Drug Challenge. The challenge ... purchase the higher-priced prescription drugs they may now acquire through ... towards customers who use prescription drugs for the long-term treatment ... Canada Medicine Mart's Retail ...

Article: 3rd-party top form of payment. (prescription drugs)
Chain Drug Review;  January 30, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... In 1994 dollar sales of prescription drugs paid for by third-party ... Medicaid's share of retail prescription dollars rose from 10 ... represented 45.3% of total retail prescription dollars in the third quarter ... payment ratios change when retail prescription volume is ...

Article: Federal Regulations Threaten Patient Access to ...
U.S. Newswire;  February 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... access to life-saving prescription drugs if Medicaid regulations ... their business comes from prescription drugs, and independents serve ... nearly half of the nation's retail prescription medicines. SOURCE National ...