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For Hall, the influence of progressives can be seen in a number of Harris' economic policies, like tax credits for first-time home buyers and lowering prescription drug costs.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Republican lawmakers have long enjoyed — and reciprocated — support from pharmaceutical companies, even vowing to dismantle a law signed by President Biden that allows the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs for Medicare enrollees.
—Michelle R. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Also in 2020, Trump issued a rule setting up a path to import prescription drugs from Canada, where medication prices are 44% of those in the U.S.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
While PBMs have dominated the pharmacy benefits market with unchallenged authority–the three largest PBMs managing over 80% of the prescription drugs dispensed in the US–tectonic shifts in the market have begun to expose cracks in the legacy PBM model.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of prescription drug was
in 1872
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prescription%20drug. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
prescription drug
noun
: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription
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