Medicare Part D Cost Trends: A Good News/Bad News Story For Biopharma
Executive Summary
Despite headlines about soaring drug costs, Medicare Part D beneficiaries are not seeing much if any increase in their out-of-pocket spending. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that costs of the program are stable – which could open up a new area for policy activity in 2017 and beyond.
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