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REPORT Health and Social Programs

Bigger Than the Social Security Crisis: Wasteful Spending on Prescription Drugs

April 2005, Dean Baker

This paper shows that the projected funding gap for Social Security is relatively minor when compared to the rise in other federal budget expenditures.  It recommends that policymakers instead focus on the soaring costs of prescription medicine.

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