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America’s Seniors Are Overmedicated - The Wall Street Journal
One in six seniors enrolled in Medicare’s drug benefit were prescribed eight or more medications at the same time, Wall Street Journal analysis of Medicare data finds
By:Anna Wilde Mathews, Christopher Weaver,, Tom McGinty, Josh Ulick
Source:The Wall Street Journal
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