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While many have been left behind by Part D, there is a clear winner: the drug industry. Independent analysts predict that Part D will increase drug industry profits by $139 billion over the next eight years. Glaxo-SmithKline's second-quarter net income already jumped 14 percent, and other leading drug companies also have benefited.

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Louise Slaughter
Age: 88 †
Born: 1929
Born: August 14
Died: 2018
Died: March 16
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Kentucky
Louise M. Slaughter
Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughter
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