Sometimes paying out-of-pocket for a medication at the pharmacy counter could be cheaper than using an insurance plan, but patients are unaware due to gag clauses within contracts between pharmacy benefits managers and insurance companies. However, a new federal law could ensure better transparency, allowing patients to save money on prescriptions.
In An Homage To Obama, Leslie Cockburn Promises Voters They Can Keep Employer Provided Healthcare Plans Under Medicare For All
We’ve heard the “If you like it, you can keep it,” phrase before, but now the Democratic candidate in VA-5 is repeating it for Medicare for All. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many people liked their insurance plan and their doctor, but they could not keep their insurance plan or their doctor…period.