The rising cost of specialty drugs contributed to a 3.2 percent increase in total prescription drug spending in 2013, to $329.2 billion, the IMS report found. In 2012, drug spending declined by 1 percent, driven by the arrival of several new generic drugs after the patent for the brand-name products expired.
Harriet Tubman is the next face of the $20 bill; $5 and $10 bills will also change. Harriet Tubman is changing the face of your money. Harriet Tubman might not be the first woman to grace a United States bank note, but her replacing President Andrew Jackson on the front of the bill is making waves. The new bill will be unveiled in 2020.
The U.S. stopped printing the $1,000 bill and larger denominations by 1946, but these bills continued circulating until the Federal Reserve decided to recall them in 1969, Forgue said. Forgue said President Richard Nixon thought these denominations would make it easier for criminals to launder money, which then led to his order for their elimination.