Federal government spends more than $100B for Medicare Part D
In 2013, the federal government spent $103 billion on prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries, the New York Times reports.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Part D program's data to the public on April 30. CMS spent the most money on Nexium, followed by Advair Diskus and Crestor.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.