Report Reveals Limitations of Expanding Pre-Deductible Coverage

  • Aug 16, 2024

    Even after health plans were given the option to expand pre-deductible coverage in certain health plans, medication adherence didn’t significantly improve, according to a recent issue brief from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). 

    Yet while the impact was minimal for most medications, Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., one of the report’s authors, says adherence was already high for the members evaluated, and the majority of insurers introduced copayments and/or coinsurance when expanding pre-deductible coverage. 

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  • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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