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For most commercial companies you'll see pharmacy benefits split similarly: 1% - 2% of people on the health plan will account for ~50% of the pharmacy drug spen
by glasss 2y ago
For most commercial companies you'll see pharmacy benefits split similarly: 1% - 2% of people on the health plan will account for ~50% of the pharmacy drug spend. That's regardless of overall health of the rest of the members. It's great there's been a lot of innovations for newer drugs that help more people with rare diseases, but specialty drugs just cost a lot. It takes a long time for generics or biosimilars can make it to market.
- ceejayoz 2y ago> It takes a long time for generics or biosimilars can make it to market. Especially considering the pharmaceutical companies pay the generic manufacturers to stay out of the market. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/pharmaceutical-generic-drugs-pay-for-delay/674410/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/pharmaceut...