What did the Department of Health and Human Services do in March?
The Department of Health and Human Services caused an uproar in March by announcing a pilot program that would reduce physicians’ temptation to order up more expensive drugs and drive up their Medicare reimbursement payments.
Did Obama give up on Medicare?
President Obama has given up trying to combat rising Medicare costs for prescription drugs. He has abandoned a proposed pilot project that would have encouraged physicians to take cost into account in prescribing medicine to their patients.
Does Medicare pay for prescription pads?
However, under the existing system, Medicare pays doctors the average price of a drug they administer to patients in their offices plus six percent.