This Week in Managed CareGottlieb Discusses Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs and Other Health News

Published: July 29, 2019, 6:12 p.m.

b"Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care\\xae\\xa0recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.\\n\\nThis week, the top managed care news included bipartisan Senate bills taking aim at drug prices, especially insulin; a\\xa0study linking payer refusal to pay for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors\\xa0with heart attacks and deaths; and a former FDA commissioner visiting\\xa0The American Journal of Managed Care\\xae.\\n\\nRead more about the stories in this podcast:\\nSenate Finance Committee Unveils Bipartisan Bill to Lower Drug Costs: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/senate-committee-unveils-bipartisan-bill-to-lower-drug-costs\\nBipartisan Senate Bill Seeks to Roll Back a Decade's Worth of Insulin Price Hikes: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/bipartisan-senate-bill-seeks-to-roll-back-a-decades-worth-of-insulin-price-hikes\\nRejected, Unfilled PCSK9 Inhibitor Prescriptions Linked to Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Events:\\xa0https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/rejected-unfilled-pcsk9-inhibitor-prescriptions-linked-to-higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-events\\nImpact of a Co-pay Accumulator Adjustment Program on Specialty Drug Adherence: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2019/2019-vol25-n7/impact-of-a-copay-accumulator-adjustment-program-on-specialty-drug-adherence\\nConsuming Riboflavin Through Diet May Reduce Migraine Occurrence: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/consuming-riboflavin-through-diet-may-reduce-migraine-occurrence"