Patients can get stuck in the middle when drug companies and insurers fight over profits, and a recently passed Colorado bill tries to get them out — while also delivering a win for the pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The issue is drug coupons that cover patients’ share of the cost of expensive medications. In the last few years, more insurance plans have used “copay accumulators,” which don’t count those contributions toward their patients’ deductibles.
Drug companies accuse insurers of “double-dipping,” while insurance companies say the pharmaceutical manufacturers are pushing patients toward more-expensive drugs by eliminating the financial pain.requires health insurance plans to count drug coupons, as well as contributions from charities and patient assistance funds, toward their customers’ deductibles. The bill easily passed both houses, but Gov. Jared Polis’ office hasn’t said if he intends to sign it.
“People should not have to choose between their medication or, in my case, more brain lesions,” she said.said in a report
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