In 2015 there were 1,519,461 Medicare beneficiaries in Georgia, which is 15 percent of its total population. Nationwide, about 17 percent of the US population is enrolled in Medicare. The states with the highest percentage of beneficiaries are West Virginia and Maine with about 23 percent each.
RANOLAZINE is a heart medicine. It is used to treat chronic chest pain (angina). This medicine must be taken regularly. It will not relieve an acute episode of chest pain. The lowest GoodRx price for the most common version of Ranexa is around $349.26, 19% off the average retail price of $432.22. Compare anti-anginals.
The average wholesale price for 500 tablets of a diabetes drug called chlorpropamide, for example, has increased from $35.15 to $138.97. A blood pressure pill called methyclothiazide has gone from $19.06 for 100 tablets to $49.64. The price of 1,000 tablets of lorazepam, the second most popular generic anti-anxiety drug and sold under the name Ativan, has more than quadrupled from $179.95 to $796.67. And a prescription for a drug that cost $10 last month is now nearly $90. The drugs are manufactured by Mylan Laboratories, which claims the huge increases are necessary because of the increased cost of making the drugs and legal expenses.