A new federal ruling struck down an existing rule that allowed insurers to implement copay accumulators. Photo by Christina Victoria Craft on Unsplash When Alyssa Dykstra was just 2-and-a-half years ...

A look into the complex battle between pharmaceutical manufacturers and payers for balance between medication access and budget management. The back and forth between pharmaceutical manufacturers and ...

MEDICINE CAN REACH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED. EVEN WHEN PATIENTS GET HELP PAYING THOSE BILLS, THEY CAN BE STUCK WITH A STEEP DEDUCTIBLE. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ...

Health care prices are on the rise across the board, and some patients have seen their out-of-pocket costs go up by thousands, thanks to a complicated insurance tactic called a copay accumulator. It’s ...

A HHS Final Rule for Exchange plans states that coupons and copay cards offered directly by drug manufacturers can be counted towards a patient’s annual cost-sharing limit. The Department of Health ...

This story was co-published with the Washington Post. A few months back, after returning from a family vacation that involved lots of pool time, my 9-year-old son complained that his ear hurt. A ...

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Clinic is notifying patients of an upcoming change regarding copayments in which they’ll “collect copays before or at check-in for appointments for nonemergency outpatient ...

Under the ‘copay accumulator’ practice, the insurer is collecting from both the copay program and the patient. They are getting paid twice. Managing a chronic complex disease is just that, chronic and ...

Mason Tenaglia offers empirical defense of coupons and copay offset programs. In recent months, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have emerged as vocal critics of the drug industry's reliance on copay ...

Before my insurer had even preapproved coverage of the new injectable medicine my doctor had prescribed, I got a voicemail from its manufacturer informing me that I might qualify for its co-pay ...

Before buying a policy, it is suggested to check the share of co-pay in room rent and surgery if you don’t want to end up paying from your own pocket at the time of hospitalization. In the last few ...