Top five issues voters want addressed in the administration’s first 100 days

When voters cast their ballots in the 2020 election, they made clear their focus on getting COVID-19 under control and fixing the economy. However, health care was still important to many voters,...
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Insurers shift medicine costs to patients with severe chronic illnesses

For many patients with complex and chronic conditions, high out-of-pocket costs for medicines pose a significant challenge. Recent research revealed a broken insurance system that fails to help...
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Accumulator adjustment programs lead to surprise out-of-pocket costs and nonadherence, analysis finds

A new analysis by IQVIA looked at three cost-sharing assistance programs and found that from 2018 to 2020, 25% to 36% of patients discontinued treatment when they faced an unexpectedly high...
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Survey found insurance premiums grew faster than inflation in 2020

According to Kaiser Family Foundation’s recent survey on employer health benefits, premiums for people with employer-sponsored health insurance increased by 4% last year, faster than both the rate...
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Manufacturer cost-sharing assistance programs can save chronically ill patients hundreds to thousands of dollars annually

A recent analysis by IQVIA shows that chronically ill patients who used manufacturer cost-sharing assistance in 2019 saved hundreds to thousands of dollars on their out-of-pocket costs. IQVIA...
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Commercial health plans have increased patients’ out-of-pocket costs by over 50% in some therapeutic areas

According to a recent IQVIA analysis, commercial health plans have increased patients’ average out-of-pocket costs for brand medicines by over 50% in some therapeutic areas since 2015. Notably, of...
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Commercial health plans’ transition from copays to coinsurance and deductibles has increased patient out-of-pocket costs for brand medicines

A decade ago, most patients paid only copays for brand medicines. But in recent years, use of deductibles and coinsurance in commercial health plans has skyrocketed. According to a recent IQVIA...
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Four things to know about the IQVIA “Medicine Spending and Affordability in the U.S.” report

Today, IQVIA released a new report, Medicine Spending and Affordability in the U.S., providing context on medicine price and spending trends and patient out-of-pocket costs. The report highlights...
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New data show commercially insured patients face increasingly high cost sharing for brand medicines

New data show deductibles and coinsurance result in high out-of-pocket spending for commercially insured patients taking brand medicines. IQVIA analyzed trends in cost sharing across seven therapy...
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Payers subject 80% of new RA and MS patients to utilization management restrictions

A new analysis from IQVIA shows that in 2018, 80% of commercially insured patients attempting to fill a new prescription for a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or multiple sclerosis (MS) medicine...
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