CMS: Prescription drug costs are growing problem
Drug prices rose 12 percent in 2015 and national spending on cancer and hepatitis drugs and other special medicines has doubled in the past five years.
"If we don't address this problem in the next four or five years, and prescription drug costs grow as they've been growing, this will be one of the top three issues for my successor, if not the No. 1 issue," said Andy Slavitt, administrator for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.