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- Managing the Intricate Web of Prescription Drugs
- Prescription drug costs are the fastest rising component of health care and are contributing to the dramatic increase in health care costs. Emergence of generic drugs, employer recognition, and increased consumer knowledge are already forcing enormous change on the industry. This article explains the factors affecting the current financial pressure...
- White papers 2002-12-26
- Economic & Business Focus: Retiree Health Plans
- Recent Medicare legislation in the U.S. may force many companies to cancel prescription drug coverage for their retirees. Senior Finance Executives SFE must begin to address the potential impact of the new law on the retiree health plans and should decide upon the prescription drug provisions. The paper outlines the...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- Prescription Drugs: Recent Trends in Utilization, Expenditures, and Coverage
- Prescription drug costs, which rose by 15.7 percent in 2001, are the fastest rising component of medical expenditures and accounted for 16.7 percent of the total increase in health care spending that year. Americans spent more than $140 billion on prescription drugs in 2001-or about 10 percent of the nation's...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Retiree Health Benefits: Options for Employment-Based Prescription Drug Benefits Under the Medicare Modernization Act
- The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 MMA created a prescription drug benefit for beneficiaries, called Medicare part D, beginning in January 2006. The paper determines the trends in employment-based retiree health coverage prior to the MMA and which MMA prescription drug options plan sponsors said they...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Walmart Keeps Pushing Healthcare Initiatives, No Matter What Retail Thinks
- When it takes on an issue, Walmart does so in a fully realized manner and inevitably incorporates it into retail operations, so it’s not surprising that the company brought up the healthcare debate currently centered on the United States Congress in announcing an expansion of its low-cost prescription drug programs....
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Prescription Drugs: Price Trends for Frequently Used Brand and Generic Drugs From 2000 Through 2004
- Prescription drug spending has been the fastest growing segment of national health expenditures. As the federal government assumes greater financial responsibility for prescription drug expenditures with the introduction of Medicare part D, federal policymakers are increasingly concerned about prescription drug prices. The report examines the change in retail prices and...
- White papers 2005-08-01
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