No Room for Middlemen in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
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Most people have never heard of pharmacy benefit managers, the businesses that negotiate prescription drug coverage for health insurers. But they could play an outsized – and unwelcome – role in treatment decisions.
New Report Details Why COPD Patients Cannot Access Medications and Proper Care
Co-pays are high and health care is far from optimal for Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), says a new report from The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission.