A new federal ruling struck down an existing rule that allowed insurers to implement copay accumulators. Photo by Christina Victoria Craft on Unsplash When Alyssa Dykstra was just 2-and-a-half years ...

Copay programs now directly influence access and manufacturer financial performance amid high deductibles, ...

Tennesseans living with complex, chronic conditions know all too well that the systems designed to help them afford their medications are often quietly working against them. For years, many have been ...

As healthcare costs continue to spiral in the U.S. and more political and regulatory pressure builds on lowering prescription prices, drug manufacturers are having to dig deeper into what will be a ...

Health care prices are on the rise across the board, and some patients have seen their out-of-pocket costs go up by thousands, thanks to a complicated insurance tactic called a copay accumulator. It’s ...

The use of tracking systems -- such as copay accumulators and copay maximizers -- to scrutinize patients' use of drug manufacturer copay assistance programs is causing controversy inside and outside ...

Lawmakers pressed Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra over the Biden administration’s stance toward Medicare Advantage, rural health and more during budgetary hearings ...

The Biden administration is appealing a circuit court ruling that undermined insurers’ ability to wield copay accumulators, the latest signal that the issue of how the controversial tools can be ...

Imagine someone gives you a gift card to one of your favorite stores. You take that gift card and go to buy something. When you get to the cash register, the salesperson takes the card, but still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Alyssa Dykstra was just 2-and-a-half years old, she was diagnosed with arthritis. By the time she was in college, her doctor ...