Health Care Law Saves $3.9 Billion on Drug Costs
Posted on AllSides September 28th, 2012
From The Center
OPINION
The Affordable Care Act has been a boon to Medicare beneficiaries, saving them more than $3.9 billion on prescription drugs, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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The Affordable Care Act has helped Medicare beneficiaries pay for costly prescription drugs.  Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Corbis
New data from CMS shows that more than 5.2 million older Americans and people with disabilities have benefited from the savings since the law went into effect March 23, 2010. More than 1...
