Medicare drug coverage faces an ominous spending outlook

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• Left: Not enough sources yet — framing will appear once outlets on this side cover the story.
• Center: There are troubling new signs that the overhaul of Medicare drug coverage in the Inflation Reduction Act is dramatically driving up program spending. Why it matters: The upward trajectory could threaten some seniors' coverage for outpatient prescription drugs — and it could force painful tradeoffs over the next decade as Medicare consumes a growing share of the nation's debt. Follow the money: The IRA limited what seniors have to pay for outpatient drugs and shifted the remaining cost to taxpaye
• Right: Not enough sources yet — framing will appear once outlets on this side cover the story.