Pills in blister packages
Employer health care spending is expected to increase by 8% in 2025, the highest rate in a decade, and nearly a third of each dollar spent will go toward pharmacy costs. These, too, will continue to rise. According to a recent report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on traditional pharmacy benefits managers’ (PBMs) role in generic drug price increases, pharmacy costs for both plan sponsors and patients grew by 21% for commercial claims and about 15% for Medicare Part D claims between 2017 and 2021.
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