Pharmacists inflating charges for Medicaid drugs

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Taxpayers could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if soaring Medicaid reimbursements for prescription medicines more closely matched pharmacists' costs, according to a congressional investigation made public Tuesday.

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