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Rising Generic Prices Help Drive Up Cost of WHO List of Essential Medicines in US
American Journal of Managed Care Link to more items from this source
July 18, 2019

"Of the 265 essential medicines, 197 (74%) were generic. Medicare Part D spending on those drugs were $87.2 billion, with annual spending increasing from $11.9 billion in 2011 to $25.8 billion in 2015 (116%).... Total annual OOP spending increased from $2 billion to $2.9 billion (47%), and annual per beneficiary OOP spending on these drugs increased from $20.42 to $21.17 (4%)."

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