Managing ACA Expectations
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Express Scripts CEO says prescription drug utilization will be flat in the first year of Medicaid expansion and insurance exchanges. With millions of Americans expected to get health coverage in 2014, can that projection be true?
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