Number of medicaid prescriptions grew, drug spending was steady in medicaid expansion states

Hefei Wen; Tyrone F. Borders; Benjamin G. Druss

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1530

Number of medicaid prescriptions grew, drug spending was steady in medicaid expansion states

Hefei Wen, Tyrone F. Borders, Benjamin G. Druss

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Abstract

Expansions of eligibility for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act may have increased the number of Medicaid drug prescriptions. However, the expansions did not drive Medicaid spending on prescription drugs overall in 2014.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1604-1607
Number of pages	4
Journal	Health Affairs
Volume	35
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1530
State	Published - 2016

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Number of medicaid prescriptions grew, drug spending was steady in medicaid expansion states

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