“Those kind of cheap services, like...

“Those kind of cheap services, like generic drugs, will be detached from the insurance, so that it’s usually better to just not cover these things…insurance should just focus on more expensive drugs and specialty drugs.”   —Ge Bai, Ph.D., a professor at Johns Hopkins University’s schools of business and public health, talked with Radar on Drug Benefits about Amazon and Optum Rx’s latest consumer-focused drug pricing innovations, and what they could mean for the future of PBMs.

 

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