This stumps me. Half of us buying prescriptions hides many factors no chart can reveal.
September report from Centers for Disease Control:
- The percentage of Americans who used at least one prescription drug in the past month increased from 44% in 1999-2000 to 48% in 2007-2008.
- The percentage of persons who used two or more prescription drugs increased from 25% in 1999-2000 to 31% in 2007-2008.
- The percentage of persons who used five or more prescription drugs increased from 6% in 1999-2000 to 11% in 2007-2008.
Methinks I’ll blame this on Bush too. Why not? Those years, his watch. Spending for prescription drugs was $234.1 billion in 2008, which was more than double what was spent in 1999.
