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Monday, August 26, 2002PhRMA's legal brief contends that "physicians generally respond to the inconvenience and burden imposed by prior authorization requirements by switching their patients" to a drug on the preferred list. Over time, the suit notes, the shift in prescribing patterns results in large swings in the overall market. Well, yeah. That’s the purpose of having preferred lists, to encourage people to use the cheaper drugs. The Bush administration’s response is on the money: The purpose of preferred drug lists, the Justice Department wrote in its court brief, was to provide "the greatest protection for the beneficiaries. It was not intended to protect drug manufacturers' interest in maintaining high profits on prescription drugs." posted by Sydney on 8/26/2002 07:37:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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