Study finds hepatitis C cure saved Medicaid $15 billion

New research published in the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) underscores the critical role that medicines play in improving health and reducing disease complications and other, often costly,...
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Busting 3 Myths About Copay Coupons

Insurer-imposed barriers like high deductibles and coinsurance shift the cost of life-saving care onto patients. Manufacturers and others have stepped forward to assist patients who face high...
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Medicaid 101: Three charts on access and spending

Did you know Medicaidand the Children’s Health Insurance Program provide health coverage for more than 83 million vulnerable Americans, including children and their parents, pregnant women, the...
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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 those...
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Tennessee’s Medicaid demonstration fails patients

Prior to its departure from office, the Trump Administration approved Tennessee’s request for a demonstration to change how the state’s Medicaid program operates, and more importantly, how vulnerable...
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Proposed change to Medicaid line extension definition ignores importance of critical improvements in treatments

In comments recently submitted to the administration, PhRMA raised concerns with a number of changes included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid proposed rule. Today,...
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Recent administration actions undermine patient assistance programs

While all eyes and ears are focused on COVID-19 and beating this pandemic, the administration has pursued harmful policy changes that we can’t let slip under the radar. In two back-to-back regulatory...
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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 found...
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PhRMA submits comments to CMS on Medicaid proposed rule

In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule regarding changes to Medicaid, PhRMA provided feedback on how the changes included would have widespread impacts on...
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ICYMI: Patients saved nearly $800,000 out of pocket through innovative contracting arrangements

Value-based programs between biopharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts saved $4.3 billion on medicines last year. Patients in these plans with innovative contracting...
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