Private payers cover more than 40% of drug costs

Private payers cover more than 40% of drug costs

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Biopharma Dive
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Medicare, Medicaid and private payers cover 82% of retail prescription drug spending, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. Private health insurers made up the largest slice of the overall retail drug spend at 42%, followed by Medicare (30%), patient out-of-pocket costs (14%), Medicaid (10%) and other payers (4%).