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To: benwood who wrote (100796)	5/9/2001 12:48:24 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Wait till they get prescriptions embedded into medicare in a big way.... ho ho ho... you'll have deficites "as far as the eye can see" with no help in site. Going to be ugly. DAK

To: benwood who wrote (100796)	5/9/2001 2:00:29 AM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<<Also, note that 10.5% in 5 years is merely 1.6% compounded annually, which I think is lower than the CPI (which surprises me...>> Ben, you misread that part. It wasn't 10.5% OVER 5 years, it was 10.5% in the LAST year, continuing a 5 year trend of rising prices....Actually it was an overall tab that was 19% higher in 2000 compared to the prior year. There are more choices, with (in most cases) only marginally better results than what came before (and in some cases worse). Utilization of newer drugs is not necessarily a function of superior therapeutic effect and/or a safer side effect profile. It is almost always a triumph of successful marketing.