UMMS Affiliation
Commonwealth Medicine, Clinical Pharmacy Services
Publication Date
2019-01-31
Document Type
Blog Post
Disciplines
Health Economics | Health Law and Policy | Health Policy | Health Services Administration | Health Services Research | Insurance | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Abstract
Prohibiting gag clauses could help lower consumer out-of-pocket pharmacy costs - if Pharmacy Benefits Managers don't raise prices to make-up the difference. Mylissa Price closes our blog series on President Trump's Blueprint to Lower Drug Costs in this final entry.
Keywords
drug prices, out-of-pocket costs, pharmacists, insurance
Rights and Permissions
© 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Commonwealth Medicine Blog
Repository Citation
Price, Mylissa K., "Lowering Out of Pocket Drug Costs for Consumers" (2019). Commonwealth Medicine Publications. 224.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/commed_pubs/224
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Comments
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