But how did Rx come to mean prescription medicine?

但是“Rx”是怎么开始表示处方药的意思的呢？

Price controls on most prescription medicines are being lifted starting next month.

大部分处方药的价格管控将于下个月放开。

Woods said he had a bad reaction to prescription medicine for back pain.

伍兹表示他对后背受伤后开的处方药有严重的不良反应。

The Affordable Care Act has saved more than nine million folks on Medicare 15 billion dollars on their prescription medicine.

《平价医保法》让900多万人利用医疗保险在处方药支出上节约了150亿美元。

The Trump administration recently announced a plan to provide PrEP free to Americans whose health insurance does not pay for prescription medicines.

特朗普政府最近宣布了一项计划，要对那些医疗保险不涵盖处方药的美国人免费提供PrEP。

The Biden administration unveiled the first prescription medicines for which Medicare officials will, in effect, set the price they pay drug companies.

拜登政府公布了首批处方药，医保官员实际上将会设定向制药公司购买这批处方药的价格。

In 2019 spending on prescription medicines came to $1,126 per citizen, twice the figure in other rich counties (see chart).

2019 年，每个公民的处方药支出达到 1,126 美元，是其他富裕县的两倍（见图表）。

Health care providers, policy makers, and people in our communities can work together so patients who need prescription medicines can get them safely and use them appropriately.

医疗服务人员、决策者和社区人民需要共同努力，让病人通过安全渠道获得处方药并正确使用。