Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2023
Patients lose access to free medicines amid spat between drugmakers, health plans
2 May 2023 - Pharmaceutical companies have cut financial assistance to thwart health plan tactics.
It is getting tougher for people taking expensive medicines to get financial help from drug makers.
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies are scaling back programs that cover the copayments of patients or provide free drugs. The programs have been costing drugmakers billions of dollars a year and have been increasing as health plans seeking to control their own spending have tried to take advantage of the assistance.
