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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

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In 2006 the Medicare Part D program was implemented, covering older Americans for prescription drugs for the first time. Medicare further drove expansion of generic drug utilization, with co-pays for generics lower for Medicare enrollees than branded drugs. is that 9 in 10 medicines prescribed are generics.