Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pharmacist George Tadross takes care of a customer at MAC Pharmacy in Cleveland in May 2024. Insurance companies, and the pharmacy ...

Step therapy is when Medicare Part D plans ask beneficiaries to try a more affordable drug before approving higher-cost prescriptions. In Medicare, Part D covers general prescription drugs, whereas ...

Congress is considering legislation that would address misaligned prescription drug cost incentives set by pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. I applaud Congress for acting on this pressing issue, ...

Throughout most of her life, Katie Neu, a 31-year-old Massachusetts resident with Crohn’s disease, has struggled with insurance barriers. Diagnosed at age 10, Neu was initially required by Medicaid to ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront featured series, “Assessing The Evidence For MA Reform.” The series was developed and supported by the research firm, Stage Analytics, through a ...