To Dent Soaring Drug Costs, States Turn to 'Price-Gouging' Laws
Kirkner, R.M.
Managed Care 26(9): 8-9
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1062-3388 PMID: 29068301 Document Number: 694776
States are facing unsustainable health care costs, and prescription drugs for Medicaid beneficiaries and state employees are the reason. From 2009 to 2013, the consumer price index (CPI) for prescription drugs increased about 11% vs. 8% for the overall CPI.
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