Study Deals a Blow to Independent Pharmacies

Independent pharmacists complaining they don’t make enough money from Medicare’s new prescription drug benefit have gained the ear of Congress and expect to see an increase in their payments this year.
But a new study by the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general suggests that those pharmacies may not be doing as badly as some lawmakers have been led to believe.

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