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Medicare Part D - Walgreen's Profit Rises on New Medicare Plan and Generic Drugs


Walgreen's Profit Rises on New Medicare Plan and Generic Drugs (Bloomberg.com)
March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, said second-quarter profit rose as a new Medicare plan and more generic drugs boosted pharmacy sales.

Larson Is Told: Impeach Bush (Hartford Courant)
U.S. Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, promoted his views on Iraq to a mostly friendly audience in West Hartford Saturday, but nearly lost the crowd briefly when he stopped short of endorsing the impeachment of President Bush.

PCMA: PBMs Projected to Save Medicare, Commercial Market $1.3 Trillion on Prescription Drug Costs From 2008-2017 (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Pharmacy benefit management tools and techniques are projected to save Medicare and the commercial market more than $1.3 trillion on prescription drug costs from 2008 to 2017, according to a new study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and released today by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). PCMA is the national association representing America's pharmacy benefit ...

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