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When asked what factors contribute to rising health care costs in America, most consumers cite the cost of prescriptiondrugs. Taken together, these two data points demonstrate the potent political import of prescriptiondrugprices as the U.S. approaches the 2020 Presidential election.
As the Harvard Chan-POLITICO study points out, prescriptiondrug costs are top-of-mind for health consumers in America. As patients continue to morph into consumers who pay for health care services, they are seeking price transparency — but not finding it so easy. And see here on JD Supra for more details on the rules.
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In support of this argument, proponents point to an abundance of stories of consumers who, after seeking healthcare treatment, find their mailboxes overflowing with surprise medicalbills – often with disastrous financial consequences. [2]. Moreover, not only do prices for health services differ across the U.S.,
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There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medicalbills. health care ecosystem, basing shoppable services on price and convenience. adults had major, unexpected medical expenses in the past 12 months ranging from $1,000 to $1,999.
A close second in line is affordability of health care, as consumers’ household budgets must make room for paying medicalbills — with prescriptiondrug costs also very important as a discussion topic for 2024 Presidential candidates, we learn from the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll published 1 December.
With the emergence of six-to-seven figure specialty drugs coming out of the Rx pipeline into commerce, we can expect growing financial toxicity as a side effect of these therapies, and evolving financial services offered to patients to pay, say, on an installment plan as Bluebird Therapeutics has offered (specifically, $1.78
consumer dissatisfaction with drugprices — across political party identification. insured consumers’ perspectives on prescriptiondrugpricing and the role of PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers). 9 in 10 insured Americans felt that prescriptions are more expensive in the U.S.
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