There was an interesting USA Today article by Katie Wedell about exceptions and strings that can be attached to prescription drug copay assistance.
A couple of excerpts from article related specifically to Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug Plans) are pasted below:
“Drug manufacturers and drug manufacturers alone set and raise prescription drug prices," the association said in a statement. "The fact is, drug manufacturers only use copay coupons to boost their profits by steering patients to more expensive medications when less expensive, clinically effective alternatives exist. That’s why drugmakers’ use of copay coupon tactics are banned under Medicare and other government healthcare programs.”1
"One of the big limitations of these (coupon) programs is you have to be commercially insured," Waldron said. "You can't have Medicare, Medicaid, Department of Defense, Tricare, or any of the other government-sponsored insurance. So that leaves a whole lot of people ineligible for these assistance programs.”1
Below is a web link to read the entire USA Today article.
1. Source: USA Today article by Katie Wedell - found through web link below:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/11/01/prescription-copay-assistance-role-rising-drug-prices/10555488002/
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