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Friday, 16 May 2008

Pharmacists decry Medicare drug payments

The Miami Herald

WASHINGTON -- Pharmacists say a government report released Thursday validates their concerns that payments under the Medicare drug benefit are driving some of them out of business. The report from the Health and Human Services inspector general showed that pharmacies are able to charge...

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Economy Drug Pharmacy owner Carrie Cinnamond, right, talks with a customer on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 in Pikeville, Ky. The glass partition behind Cinnamond was installed in the spring of 2003 for security purposes. Cinnamond realized just how much time

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