When it comes to drug prices, Medicare shelling out more than Medicaid

The New York Times: Medicaid Pays Less Than Medicare For Many Prescription Drugs, U.S. Report Finds
Medicaid gets much deeper discounts on many prescription drugs than Medicare, in part because Medicaid discounts are set by law whereas Medicare prices are negotiated by private insurers and drug companies, federal investigators said Monday in a new report (Pear, 8/15).

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