Season 1 · Episode 93
Episode 093: Cutting Generic Drug Prices for Everyone with Zach Zeller of Scriptco
One driver of health care inflation in the United States are pharmaceuticals. Although we usually associate rising drug prices with prescription medicines, that is not always the case. In fact, the purchase of generics through insurance plans...
The Paradocs Podcast with Eric Larson · We Are Libertarians
July 29, 202032m 26s
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Show Notes
One driver of health care inflation in the United States are pharmaceuticals. Although we usually associate rising drug prices with prescription medicines, that is not always the case. In fact, the purchase of generics through insurance plans can be surprisingly expensive. This is because the 'discount' provided by your insurance carrier may not really be much of a discount and your copay could be many times more expensive than the wholesale price of the drug.
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