Who contributes to what you pay at the pharmacy? Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? In this Facebook Live, KHN’s Julie Appleby talks with Stephanie Stapleton and answers readers’ questions about the prescription drug pricing pipeline and the industry stakeholders who have a role in what you pay.
For more in-depth conversations with KHN reporters, check out our Facebook video archive.
Here are videos and a chart to help make sense of drug pricing. And remember you can republish KHN content for free:
- Tracking Who Makes Money On A Brand-Name Drug
- Sounds Like A Good Idea? Regulating Drug Prices
- The Orphan Drug Machine
Pharmacy benefit managers — companies that are often unnoticed and even less understood by most consumers — hold an important place in the prescription drug-pricing pipeline. In this video, Kaiser Health News details the emergence of these multimillion-dollar corporations and the impact they have on medication costs and patients’ access to these treatments.
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