Drug makers offer $80 billion toward healthcare overhaul
Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 02:28
in Mathematics & Economics
Pharmaceutical companies will offer drug discounts for seniors over the next decade in a deal worked out with lawmakers and the White House. U.S. drug makers agreed Saturday to shell out $80 billion over the next 10 years to lower the cost of medication for seniors and help pay for President Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul, as part of an agreement hashed out with...