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T/F the increase in generic drugs caused a decrease in the spending rate on retail prescription drugs from 2016 to 2017. True I based my answer on this
"With retail prescription drugs, the reasons for the decrease in growth are different than the first two. In this case, the decrease was due to increased use of generic drugs. Generic drugs are typically less expensive than the name brand drugs. In addition to that, the sales of more expensive drugs have dropped. From 2016 to 2017, spending slowed by -1.9% and instead of an increase of 2.3%, there was only an increase of .4% (CMS.gov, 201"
I was a little confused on this one.
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It looks like it SLOWED the INCREASE.
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