Sep 19, 2013: Costs resulting from improper and unnecessary use of medicine exceeded $200 billion in 2012, equal to 8% of the nation’s healthcare spending during that year, according to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. That is enough to pay for healthcare for 24 million people.

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NCPA recently awarded a “C+” grade to the United States for drug adherence rates in its first national report card.