If you were to compare the average prescription drug costs of people age 65 and over in the U.S. in 2012 to these same costs in 2004, you would expect that they have gone up about:
A) 15%
B) 30%
C) 60%
D) 200%

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The text notes that since 2004, prescription drug costs for older adults have increased about 1 to 2% per year. Even considering the compounding effect of such increases, over 8 years this would equal a combined increase of somewhere near 15%.
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If You Were to Compare the Average Prescription Drug Costs