Prescription Drug Cost-Sharing Bill Moving Through Missouri House
March 7, 2023 5:58AM CST
FILE – In this Monday, April 27, 2020, file photo, state Rep. Herman Morse, R-Dexter, wears a protective mask as he sits at his desk in the House chamber in Jefferson City, Mo. Missouri lawmakers on Thursday, May 14 passed a bill to ban the state from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
(MISSOURINET) – Legislation designed to lower the cost of prescription drugs in Missouri is moving through the Missouri House. The bill would invoke cost-sharing measures by providing vouchers to help pay for a patient’s prescription drugs. It’s sponsored by Republican State Rep Dale Wright of eastern Missouri’s Farmington:
The bill overwhelmingly passed a House committee last week, and is awaiting another committee vote before moving to the full House. The pharmaceutical industry opposes the bill — saying that co-pay vouchers don’t really help low-income patients because it would incentivize higher-priced drugs for a short period of time — and then transfer increased costs to all insurance plans and their members.
