Medicare Patients Find Drug Restrictions
“So far, we haven’t seen comments that we should do something vastly different from what we’re doing now,” said McClellan, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and medicaid services. “We’ll keep looking closely to make sure we’re striking that balance.”
“Sometimes they have cost-savings benefits, sometimes they don’t,” said Merritt, president of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association. “But mostly, it’s about getting patients the kinds of medicines they need.”.