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GAO Report: Post-ACA Trends in Usual and Customary Prices for Commonly Used Prescription Drugs
U.S. Government Accountability Office [GAO] Link to more items from this source
Mar. 14, 2011
28 pages. "Prescription drug spending in 2009 totaled approximately $250 billion, of which $78 billion -- or about 31 percent -- was spent by the federal government. Prescription drug spending by the federal government, patients, and third-party payers, including employers, is driven by many factors, including the prices paid for drugs.... Some media reports have suggested that prescription drug prices may have increased more during the debate leading up to passage of the [[ACA]] in March 2010 compared to other recent years. We were requested to examine recent trends in drug prices for brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals. [GAO-11-306R, published Feb. 10, 2011, released Mar. 14, 2011]

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