State lawmakers and health insurers spar over patient drug copays

Health insurers see making patients pay part of the bill as a way to get the patients to think about the cost.

By Allison Bell | October 29, 2021 at 10:29 AM

State insurance lawmakers are considering an attack on one of health insurers’ defenses against rising prescription drug costs: Making patients pay part of the cost of the drugs they take.

The National Council of Insurance Legislators has put a drug copayment proposal in the packet of materials for the council’s upcoming in-person meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. The meeting is set to start Nov. 17.

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