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.
Non-Presidents that have appeared on US currency include: Benjamin Franklin (US founding father, $100 bill), Alexander Hamilton (first US Secretary of Treasury, $10 bill), John Marshall (US Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1801-1835), Salmon Chase (US Secretary of Treasury, 1861-1864), Susan B. Anthony (American suffragist), and Sacagawea (Shoshone interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition).