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Study finds hepatitis C cure saved Medicaid $15 billion

By Lindsey Seidlitz  |    January 5, 2023
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,...   Read More

Busting 3 Myths About Copay Coupons

By Katie Koziara  |    October 5, 2022
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...   Read More

Medicaid 101: Three charts on access and spending

By Jasmine Gossett  |    February 3, 2022
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...   Read More

Insurers shift medicine costs to patients with severe chronic illnesses

By Gabby Migliara  |    February 1, 2021
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...   Read More

Tennessee’s Medicaid demonstration fails patients

By Hannah Loiacono  |    February 1, 2021
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...   Read More

Proposed change to Medicaid line extension definition ignores importance of critical improvements in treatments

By Nicole Longo  |    October 13, 2020
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,...   Read More

Recent administration actions undermine patient assistance programs

By Nicole Longo  |    September 16, 2020
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...   Read More

Manufacturer cost-sharing assistance programs can save chronically ill patients hundreds to thousands of dollars annually

By Gabby Migliara  |    August 19, 2020
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...   Read More

PhRMA submits comments to CMS on Medicaid proposed rule

By Nicole Longo  |    July 21, 2020
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...   Read More

ICYMI: Patients saved nearly $800,000 out of pocket through innovative contracting arrangements

By Katie Koziara  |    April 20, 2020
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...   Read More

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