Study finds most patients feel the pinch when drug prices go up

Drug companies have long argued that increases in list prices don't significantly affect patients, because insurance companies pay the bulk of the cost, and rebates from drug companies to insurers largely offset out-of-pocket costs. But a study published Tuesday suggests that more than half of all patients do in fact pay more when overall costs go up.
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