Hospital Impact—Pharmacy benefit managers are a lot like car dealers

Hospital Impact—Pharmacy benefit managers are a lot like car dealers
by Sheila Arquette |
Sep 28, 2017 8:26am 

The system for car purchases—where Americans buy cars from dealerships instead of directly from the companies making them—makes it hard to know how much it actually costs to make a car, so it’s hard to know you’re getting the best price. 

The same system applies to buying lifesaving prescriptions. Drug manufacturers set a list price, but consumers rarely pay that, and how much drugs should really cost is uncertain.

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