Wall Street Journal: How to put a lid on your drug costs in 2024
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Health insurance deductibles reset on January 1, and for many people, this means paying high out-of-pocket costs—potentially thousands of dollars—to access the medications they need.
The Wall Street Journal published an article with tips to curb prescription costs, which featured FundFinder, the free online tool that the PAN Foundation created to help people search for copay assistance across nine charitable patient assistance foundations.
PAN Foundation Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Amy Niles was also interviewed for the article.
“We don’t want people making unfortunate decisions around having to split pills in half or choose between food on the table and taking medicines,” she said.