Managed Healthcare Executive August 2, 2024
As millions of Americans grapple with the high price of prescription drugs, a few states have established prescription drug affordability boards (PDABs), and others have legislation in the works that they hope will help rein in costs. However, one board is already facing legal action for its decisions.
“No drug is effective if you can’t afford it or can’t take it as prescribed,” Tony Lourey, J.D., chair of the Minnesota PDAB, said during a webinar sponsored by the National Academy for State Health Policy. “It’s a public health problem,” added Benjamin N. Rome, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. A survey by KFF found that more than one-fifth of adults have not filled a...
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