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Copay assistance is meant to defray patient drug costs. Some insurers keep it instead.
Copay Assistance Is Meant To Defray Patient Drug Costs. Some Insurers Keep It Instead.
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Daniel Chang
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KFF Health NewsCopay Assistance Is Meant To Defray Patient Drug Costs. Some Insurers Keep It Instead.kffhealthnews.orgDrugmakers provide financial assistance to help patients afford increasingly expensive medications. But some insurers do not count those payments toward a plan’s deductible or out-of-pocket maximum and make patients pay instead.
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