Medicometrics

Independent analysis of pharmaceuticals and healthcare data through publicly available information.

Tag: total spending

  • Changing Trends in Medicare Part D Spending (2019–2023)

    Medicare Part D aims to provide financial assistance to people, enabling them to buy prescribed drugs at reduced cost. It is available to people who are already part of the Medicare program. This drug coverage program effectively reduces the financial burden on the public.

    The following post is an analysis of publicly available Medicare Part D data for the years 2019-2023. It may seem outdated as we are currently in 2026. However, data collection and recordkeeping usually take years to complete. So, the data used for analysis is the latest available record published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) on its official website.

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