How Much are Medicare Beneficiaries Paying Out-of-Pocket for
Prescription Drugs by Mary Jo Gibson, Normandy Brangan, David Gross, and
Craig Caplan (Public Policy Institute of AARP). This issue paper
presents data on out-of-pocket spending for outpatient prescription
drugs by Medicare beneficiaries, placing the spending in terms of total
out-of-pocket health care spending. It examines projected average drug
spending in 1999, then focuses on the characteristics of beneficiaries
with "high" ($500 to $999) and very high ($1,000) levels of
spending compared with those with low to moderate spending (less than
$500).
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