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Rising pharmaceutical use fuels increase in plan costs

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by Raylene Caywood

for the Business Journal

Five to seven years ago, pharmaceutical costs represented, on average, 4 percent of most groups' total premium costs. Statistics show that now this number often exceeds 15 percent of premium costs.

Our company's claim experience has shown in the past few years that prescription drug utilization and costs have steadily increased

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