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DRIVING ANTI-INDUSTRY CRITICISMConflation of List Price & Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs
Manufacturer’s Retail List Price
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Morning Consult poll conducted from March 25-29, 2019.
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While health care prices rose 1.5% in August 2019 over August 2018, drug prices fell by -.7% in that span.
The 12-month moving average for drug prices was -.4% in July – the lowest rate since 1972.
Drug Costs Only Part of Health Spend Going Down
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OUR TWO MORAL IMPERATIVES1) Patients should never go without the medicine they need
because they can’t afford what comes out of their pocket
2) We must expand access to treatment in ways that don’t kill innovation for patients still waiting for their cure.
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Bipartisan Agreement: Capping Seniors Out-of-Pocket Costs
Government price-setting
Foreign reference pricing in Medicare andcommercial markets
Foreign reference pricing in Medicare
Capping out-of-pocket drug costs
for seniors
Reforming Part Dcatastrophic coverage
Addressing obstacles to
generic uptake
DTC requirement to include list price in ads
PBM reforms
Trump Administration
House Democrats
Senate Finance
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How Does Impeachment Impact Patients & Innovation?
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WELCOMES AMY WALTERNational Editor of The Cook Political Repo