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Medicare payments for outpatient prescription medications increased by more than $38 billion when comparing 2005 and 2006 data, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Medicare offered prescription drug coverage to all Medicare beneficiaries beginning in January 2006 with the implementation of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage or Medicare Part D.

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