Patient out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs covered by the retail pharmacy benefit declined 4.2% in 2020 due in part to use of coupons that lowered costs at the point of sale, according to the annual National Health Expenditures report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on 15 December.
The decrease in 2020 follows out-of-pocket spending increases of 3.5% in 2019 and 1.8% in 2018. The
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