STAT+: White House pitches drug pricing reforms as a way to extend cancer patients’ lives
WASHINGTON — The White House is pitching an added benefit to Democrats’ recent drug pricing reform package: lower cancer death rates.
A new analysis by the Council of Economic Advisers focused on the new law capping Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket costs for pharmacy drugs at $2,000 per year, starting in 2025. Over 449,000 current Medicare enrollees with a prior cancer diagnosis would save an average of nearly $1,600 per year on prescription drugs because of the out-of-pocket cap. Right now, there’s no limit on patients’ out-of-pocket costs.
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