Out-of-Pocket Insulin Caps Boost Savings — But Not Insulin Use
While out-of-pocket caps on insulin indeed cut down on costs for commercially insured patients in the U.S., the policies didn’t do much to increase insulin use, claims data showed. After such policies were implemented in eight such states, insulin users under age 65 had a 17.4% (95% CI -23.9 to -10.9) relative reduction in costs […]
Co-Pays Hurt PrEP Use, Study Suggests
Higher out-of-pocket costs for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) were projected to lead to more people discontinuing PrEP altogether in a new analysis, raising concerns about a possible rise in HIV infections. Risk-adjusted abandonment rates climbed from 5.5% among patients with no cost sharing to a projected 42.6% for patients with $500 out-of-pocket costs in a […]
Pregnancy Delivers ‘Catastrophic’ Health Costs for Many New Parents
High out-of-pocket health expenses were more likely in the year of delivery for pregnant people than expected in the general population, a retrospective study found. Excluding money spent on insurance premiums, 9.2% of birth parents incurred catastrophic health expenditures — costs totaling more than 10% of household income — during the year they delivered, compared […]