What if a couple of small fixes could protect seniors in the donut hole and save them money on out-of-pocket costs?
By Juliet Johnson | September 13, 2018
Right now, Congress has the opportunity to make two small fixes that will protect seniors in the Medicare Part D donut hole and save them money on out-of-pocket costs for their medicines. These...
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New study finds some hospitals mark up medicine prices at least 700 percent
By Holly Campbell | September 5, 2018
A new analysis from The Moran Company found nearly one in five hospitals marks up medicine prices 700 percent or more. With this 700 percent markup, a $150 medicine purchased by a hospital could...
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69 percent of patients abandon medicines when cost sharing is more than $250
By Holly Campbell | August 23, 2018
New research from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science shows that when cost sharing rises, patients are more likely to abandon their medicines. In 2017, 69 percent of commercially insured...
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New analysis in Health Affairs reinforces one-third of medicine list price rebated back to supply chain
By Holly Campbell | August 13, 2018
An analysis published in a Health Affairs blog post by Nancy L. Yu, Preston Atteberry and Peter B. Bach of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reinforces that one-third of medicine list...
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PhRMA submission to HHS on blueprint to lower drug prices and reduce out-of-pocket costs
By Holly Campbell | July 16, 2018
Today, PhRMA submitted comprehensive comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) request for information (RFI), HHS Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs....
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New data show patients’ out-of-pocket costs are rising faster than their insurers’ costs
By Holly Campbell | July 9, 2018
Newly released data from the Kaiser Family Foundation show out-of-pocket costs for patients with employer-sponsored health insurance rose faster than the costs paid by their insurers between 2006...
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Medicare Part D cliff ahead
By Juliet Johnson | June 21, 2018
Medicare Part D has been providing seniors with access to prescription drug coverage that meets their needs for more than a decade. Today, more than 42 million people are enrolled in Part D and 90...
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Part D cliff looms for seniors, as program stability could be in jeopardy
By Juliet Johnson | June 18, 2018
For more than a decade, Medicare Part D has successfully provided seniors comprehensive prescription drug coverage that meets their needs, while its market-based structure has kept overall program...
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Sharing negotiated discounts at the pharmacy counter could save seniors with diabetes more than $350 annually
By Holly Campbell | May 17, 2018
Sharing a portion of negotiated rebates at the pharmacy counter could save seniors in Medicare with diabetes more than $350 annually, according to a new analysis from IHS Markit. The data also...
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New “Let’s Talk About Medicare” campaign focuses on solutions to improve affordability and predictability for seniors in Part D
By Juliet Johnson | May 9, 2018
Today, we are launching the “Let’s Talk About Medicare” advertising campaign focused on solutions to improve affordability and predictability for seniors in Medicare Part D. Similar to how the “...
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