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Many Ohioans lack access to prescription medications because insurers and pharmacy benefit managers are increasingly making it more difficult for patients to afford them. High-deductible health plans, copayments, coinsurance, copay accumulators, restrictive formularies, etc. are all tactics used to simply push more of the cost-share onto the patient.
IN THE NEWS
Patients already paying price for PBMs diverting copay cash meant for needy
July 21, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Shawna Landaker was worried about her husband, Doug. The high-school sweethearts were happily settled with their two children in a bucolic new home on her family’s old farm near Waterford, about 20 miles up the Muskingum River from Marietta.
Billions meant to help Americans afford drugs being diverted to boost profits
July 20, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — You’ve probably heard it in those pervasive TV ads for expensive prescription drugs: If you need financial help, we can provide it. But in the second part of the ABC 6 On Your Side web series on hidden reasons for high drug costs, we’ll show you why you may never see…
We sought a cause of death for HB 135. We found it … and a whole lot more
July 19, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — When a bill designed to cut drug prices for many Ohioans won unanimous approval in the House last year, the bipartisan measure with 60 co-sponsors seemed a good bet to become law. But House Bill 135 didn’t even get a hearing in the Senate until nearly eight months later. It quietly…
