31. Doctors, consumers, and those who pay the bills all need to push back against rising drug costs. 32. Dr. Tom Lee is fighting rising prescription drug costs with red, yellow, and green. 33. Driven largely by escalating drug costs, the double-digit increase in annual premiums is the third in a row for many companies. 34. Drug costs are also frustrating employers as health insurance premiums continue to rise. 35. Drug costs are expected to rise by double-digit figures next year, too. 36. Drug discovery costs are rising at a time when pharmaceutical companies are looking for new blockbusters to fill in the revenue gaps from some of their older drugs. 37. Drugs costs will be second only to physician expenses, according to Harvard Pilgrim. 38. Drug costs are also rising. 39. Elderly people with lighter drug costs usually do not enroll. 40. Experts at the Congressional Budget Office said that Medicare coverage of drug costs would increase demand for prescription drugs, leading to larger price increases than would otherwise occur. |
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