THE FACTS ABOUT RISING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS
• Today, prescription drug expenditures are nearly 20 percent of health care costs.1,2 • Prescription spending is growing faster than any other part of the health care dollar.3 • American spending on prescription drugs increased 13.1 percent in 2014—the largest annual increase since 2003.
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