Public drug plans—which already enforce such policies—did not end up substantially paying more when a discount card was used. The study used Canadian national pharmacy data from 2.82 million ...

I now have personal health information for more than 70 Canadians, along with their names, emails, and the prescription drugs they’re taking. All of those people have one thing in common. They ...

The cards took a major toll on private-insurance plans, leading those plans to spend, on average, $23.09 more per prescription than they would have if their members had picked a generic instead.