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Prescription Drug Affordability among Medicare Beneficiaries

Publication Date
Authors
Wafa Tarazi, Kenneth Finegold, Steven Sheingold, Nancy De Lew, and Benjamin D. Sommers

More than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries struggle to afford prescription medications. Among adults 65 and older, Black and Latino beneficiaries are most likely to experience affordability problems. Medicare beneficiaries with lower incomes and those under age 65 also had above-average rates of not taking needed medications due to cost.

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Medicare and Prescription Drugs (pdf, 460.74 KB)
Topics
Health & Health Care | Long-Term Care Financing | Prescription Drugs
Product Type
ASPE Data Point
Program
Medicare