Now You May Lose Your Medications Under Obamacare

Everyone by now SHOULD know Obama lied about keeping your healthcare plan and your doctor. But what he didn’t tell you; you probably won’t have drug coverage for the medications you are now on.

There are two reasons why. The first has to do with the higher out of pocket costs patients will face. The second issue may be even more significant.

Simply put, many drugs may not be covered at all, and the costs patients incur by buying them with cash won’t count against out of pocket caps. This has repercussions for drug makers with big portfolios of specialty and primary care drugs (more on that later). But most of all, it has implications for patients.

Drugs on your health plan’s formulary will typically have fixed co-pays. These costs usually count toward your deductible and the out of pocket and lifetime limits on the total amount of money that your health plan can ask you to spend.

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source: Conservativebyte

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