Louisiana Purchase: State Eager To Test “Netflix Model” For Rx Spending

A subscription payment model could be a solution for high-priced drugs, Louisiana thinks – and appears to have at least one manufacturer willing to participate. Will the Trump Administration agree?

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Has Louisiana found a way to get everyone to be chill about Rx prices?

The first test of a subscription payment model for high-cost prescription drugs could get off the ground soon – assuming the Trump Administration is ready to sign off on the approach being laid out in Louisiana.

Louisiana issued a formal request for information for using the novel mechanism to purchase therapies for Hepatitis C, and...

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