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Who Do Prescription Drug Affordability Boards Actually Listen to?
State-based Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s (PDABs) have an important goal – to cut health care costs by reducing spending on prescription drugs. However, in an effort to do so, PDAB actions often overlook the complexities of America’s health care system and...
Pharmacists’ Survey Illustrates How Price Caps Could Create Access Challenges
A recent survey of independent pharmacists should serve as a warning about the unintended consequences of upper payment limits.
Maryland Moves Forward With Upper Payment Limit Policies
Colorado and Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Boards are both in the process of considering how to set upper payment limits.
Colorado Discusses the Path Forward for Setting Upper Payment Limits
Two states now seem to be in a race to implement processes for setting upper payment limits.
Understanding Maryland’s Draft UPL Action Plan
On Friday, August 9, the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board released its draft Upper Payment Limit Action Plan.
Do prescription drug affordability boards live up to their name?
Health care payers are intensely focused on the cost of healthcare, particularly pharmaceutical costs.
State Panels Decide Whose Drugs Are “Affordable”
Some states are trying to lower health care costs by establishing review boards to assess and limit prescription drug spending.
Videos
Upper Payment Limits 101
Upper payment limits may have unintended consequences for patients.
What are Prescription Drug Affordability Boards?
Who should make decisions about the value of YOUR health? You and your doctor? Or your state government?
Infographics
Prescription Drug Affordability Boards
States want to lower health care spending. But some policy approaches overlook what matters to patients & health care providers.
Papers
Upper Payment Limits
Implementing upper payment limits takes a narrow a view of a complex problem.
Fast Facts: Prescription Drug Affordability Boards
Some policy approaches overlook what matters most to patients and providers.
Prescription Drug Affordability Boards: Fact Sheet
State government-run organizations that make recommendations about a drug’s value don’t always listen to patients and providers.
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