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US Medicare Part D Inflation Is Real, MedPAC Rebate Data Show

 
• By Michael McCaughan

The US Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shares its first looks at the impact of rebates in the Medicare Part D program. Rebates do indeed distort the overall spending trends, the analyses suggest – but underlying prices are still increasing relatively quickly.

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• Source: Alamy

The US Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s first public presentation on analyses based on Part D rebate data show that drug price inflation in the program is, in fact, relatively high – even after accounting for rebates.

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