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| March 01, 2001 | Peters, Sally | COPYRIGHT 2001 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Medicare could save $1.6 billion per year if the program reimbursed for the 24 drugs it paid the most for in 1999 at the amount that the Department of Veterans Affairs pays for them, an Office of the Inspector General's report says. The OIG report recommends that Medicare should seek to "reduce excessive drug reimbursement amounts" ...

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