(Reuters) - Medicare, available to 43 million elderly and disabled Americans, began to pay for prescription drugs in 2006, the biggest shift in its four-decade history. As a result, more than half of the Medicare population now gets drug coverage through a private plan run by companies such as Humana Inc. or UnitedHealth Group.
The so-called Medicare Part D program boosted sales of cholesterol-lowering statins by 7 percent, and ulcer- and heartburn-treating proton pump inhibitors by 5 percent, the report by pharmaceutical industry consultancy IMS Health said.
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The so-called Medicare Part D program boosted sales of cholesterol-lowering statins by 7 percent, and ulcer- and heartburn-treating proton pump inhibitors by 5 percent, the report by pharmaceutical industry consultancy IMS Health said.
Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News
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