How Can the State Protect Senior Citizens from Dwindling Prescription Drug Benefits? : California State Senate Informational Hearing

Prescription medications are the fastest growing cost component in health care. The cost of prescriptions rose 20% in 1999. This hearing by the California State Senate Committee on Insurance considers the reasons for this increase & ways that senior citizens can be protected. It includes witnesses on the following topics: patient perspective; private payment options: HMO perspective; pharmaceutical industry perspective; patient perspective; non-profit options; government options; provider perspective; & public comments.Speier, Jackie is the author of 'How Can the State Protect Senior Citizens from Dwindling Prescription Drug Benefits? : California State Senate Informational Hearing', published 2002 under ISBN 9780756718862 and ISBN 0756718864.