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How Would Sharing Rebates at the Point-Of-Sale Affect Beneficiary Cost-Sharing in Medicare Part D?
If cost-sharing were based on net price it would provide meaningful financial relief to many Part D beneficiaries.
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The Association Between Drug Rebates and List Prices
Drug rebates and list prices are positively correlated: On average, a $1 increase in rebates is associated with a $1.17 increase in list price.
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Paying for Cell and Gene Therapies in Medicare
Join Schaeffer Center Director Dana Goldman in conversation with Jeet Guram and Kathy Buto about policy lessons learned and potential solutions to support innovation and patient access in cell and gene therapies.
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Blood-Based Multicancer Tests Can Reduce Racial and Socioeconomic Cancer Health Disparities
Out of the 1.3 million individuals between the ages of 50-79 who are diagnosed with cancer, only 15% of those cases will be caught early. Aspen Institute and USC Schaeffer Center partnered for an expert discussion on early detection technologies.
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High pharmaceutical prices may garner headlines, but innovation must be appropriately incentivized to help solve healthcare’s intractable challenges. The Schaeffer Center connects industry, the academy and government to support the scientific and technological creativity that saves and improves lives — and spurs economic growth.
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Will the Rebate Rule need Extra Innings?
The publication of the final rebate rule is an important milestone in this administration’s drug pricing journey. However, many challenges remain.
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Sharing Drug Rebates With Medicare Part D Patients: Why And How
The percentage of total Medicare Part D drug spending offset by rebates on branded drugs increased from 11% in 2010 to 25% in 2018.
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Are U.S. Health Care Prices Too High, Too Low, or Some Mix of the Two?
Part 1 of a panel series on health care price regulation honoring Uwe E. Reinhardt (1937-2017)
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Prospects for Future Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease
This paper revisits expert predictions for future advances in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) made in 2001 and projects future breakthroughs over the next 20 years.
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Ten Actions For Better Post-Pandemic Healthcare In The United States
What changes should be made now to the U.S. healthcare system to make it better when things return to a new normal, and, in the event of future pandemics.
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Uptake of Infliximab Biosimilars Among the Medicare Population
Two years after launch, biosimilars for rheumatoid arthritis and other lifelong conditions captured little market share.
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