Capping Co-Pays Doesn’t Lower Drug Costs

Politicians are concerned about your drug costs. Unfortunately, their proposals could actually raise drug prices and force you to pay more, albeit indirectly. Rising drug costs are now a political issue because the number of diseases and conditions that can be treated using drug therapy has grown tremendously over the past 25 years. Arguably, one of the main reasons patients visit their doctors is to obtain or renew prescriptions. When they visit their doctors' offices, Americans leave with a prescription in hand about three-fourths of the time. This is hardly a travesty; and few patients are drowning under the cost of prescriptions drugs. Most prescription costs are paid for by prescription drug plans sponsored by insurers and health plans.