A California patient’s experience with Amgen’s Otezla shows how insurer policies and copay card limits can leave patients with large, unexpected bills for costly drugs. As payers adopt accumulator and ...
“Copay Accumulator and Maximizer Programs: Stakes Rise for Patients as Federal Rulemaking Lags” in Health Affairs Forefront examines how and why payers are implementing these cost-shifting programs, ...
Many of us have experienced escalating drug prices, but some patients on expensive specialty medications have seen their health care costs go up by thousands thanks to tricky insurance tactics called ...
Imagine someone gives you a gift card to one of your favorite stores. You take that gift card and go to buy something. When you get to the cash register, the salesperson takes the card, but still ...
In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter’s prescription cystic fibrosis medication. Their payment had risen to $3,500 ...
UPPER NYACK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF) today launched a free, interactive tool that will provide legislators, policy makers, and interested parties with ...
In a significant development with far-reaching implications for health plans and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Justice John D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ...