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Originally Posted by Bill8
do you have a source for a credible set of numbers comparing the two?
one hears this and one hears that - I was surprised when searching that I couldn't instantly find a website with good accounting and comparison.
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Wiki says 500b over 10 years - I remember reading up to 1 trillion with all costs adjusted. Either way, I don't really consider that too much... a bit much for just pills, but that wasn't the big cost.
The big cost was seniors back pockets. They had to cover more up front, more monthly, more of the pills, and when the gap part ended, a % of all pills was paid. Give or take fine details - and it was different for different regions/states... so it was confusing to old people as well.
I don't think we could ever know what it really cost America, trillionS (already, let alone the future costs) is a huge number to keep track of...