Most employers will likely need to rely on their insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to earn, and pass along any discounts, once these are part of finalized regulations.
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced an action plan for allowing prescription drugs to be imported from Canada and other countries. However, employer plan sponsors and plan administrators must heed caution at this time as this is just the announcement that proposed rules are coming.
While this is a signal of where the FDA thinks it will go, these ideas are not even proposed (let alone final) rules yet and, it is noteworthy to mention that this initiative was not one of those listed as part of the Trump Administration's blueprint to reduce prescription drug costs.
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