: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription
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Social Security beneficiaries may also have premiums deducted from their monthly checks for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage or private Medicare Advantage insurance.—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026 Today, more than 70% of Americans take a prescription drug, and an American born in 2020 can expect to spend fully half their life taking one medication or another.—Thomas Goetz, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026 Trump on Tuesday also encouraged House Republicans to promote their collective record regarding increasing border security, decreasing prescription drug prices, and criticizing former President Joe Biden’s reliance on an autopen going into the 2026 elections.—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026 Economists and health‑policy experts counter that even aggressive savings in prescription drugs and billing reform would only touch part of what is driving a $38 trillion debt built on structural deficits, rising interest costs and political gridlock.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prescription drug