beeldscherm schreef op 24 januari 2019 12:17:
Walmart, Home Depot adopt a health insurer tactic in their drug copay battle
Walmart and Home Depot have embraced a health insurance strategy that punishes drugmakers for using discount cards to keep patients from switching or stopping their medications.
The move reflects their frustration that the coupons, which lower patient out-of-pocket spending, can be a disincentive to seeking less expensive treatments and drive up health plan costs.
For certain therapies, the insurance programs extract more money from the drugmaker or redirect the employee to a cheaper medicine, according to benefits experts.
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Express Scripts, the largest U.S. manager of pharmacy benefits and the manager of Walmart's program, has a similar broad-reaching program across specialty medications. But it also offers a more aggressive focus on hepatitis C, oral oncology drugs and hereditary angioedema treatments.
www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/walmart-home-...wat ik me nu afvraag , is Ruconest nu ook bij Walmart verkrijgbaar..