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> Insurance companies are not including those generics in their plans so people can't use them. Are they not available to patients directly?
by foogazi 5y ago
> Insurance companies are not including those generics in their plans so people can't use them.
Are they not available to patients directly?
- lesuorac 5y agoDepends on the word directly but the article touches on that. "insulin lispro" is a generic. > they discovered that insulin lispro was not available at 83% of pharmacies. Among those pharmacies, 69% of them said that they could not order insulin lispro even if the patient did not need it right away. Pharmacies’ inability to offer or order the cheaper generic most likely contributed to the low fill rate for insulin lispro. > Additionally, one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, Express Scripts, announced in their 2019 formulary exclusions that insulin lispro would not be covered by their plans. They instead listed the brand Humalog as their preferred insulin drug. This decision may also have contributed to the low fill rate of insulin lispro since Express Scripts is responsible for 24% of the nation’s prescription drug insurance claims.
- foogazi 5y ago> Depends on the word directly Like an OTC you buy at the store or shipped to your home without insurance