Bills for pills.

Bills for pills
Distribution of Medicare beneficiaries by total drag expenditures, 2002
               Likely eligible beneficiaries
$0                         15.6%
$-$1,000                   36.5%
$1,000-$2,000              19.5%
$2,000-$3,000              11.7%
$3,000-$4,000               6.3%
$4,000-$5,000               6.5%
$6,000+                     3.9%
               All other Medicare beneficiaries
$0                          11.0%
$-$1,000                    32.7%
$1,000-$2,000               20.1%
$2,000-$3,000               13.6%
$3,000-$4,000                8.2%
$4,000-$5,000                8.6%
$6,000+                      6.4%
Beneficiaries under 175% of poverty without drug coverage through
either Medicaied or an employer-sponsored plan.
NOTE: Figures exclude institionlized beneficiaries.
Sources: Urban Insitute Analysis of the 1997 Mdeicare Curren Beneficary
Survey adjusted for Congressional Budget Office estimates of 2002
prescription drug spending.
Note: Table made from to graph.