
Health Policy Litigation: A Quick Tour on Current Events
Health Affairs This Week
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What's This Legal Conflict About, Chris?
A coalition led by the h i v and hipotitus policy institute consumer advocates filed suit here in d c Federal district court against pharmacy benefit managers. They said the p p m won't count the value of their coupons for expensive drugs such as h i v prophylactic treatment. So that means, as i understand it, that patients get help paying for the drugs, but they can end up paying huge amounts in the long run anyway,. until they reach their annual maximum, which is often tens of thousands of dollars.
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