Wellpoint Quote On Drug Copay Cards

This topic seems to be heating back up based on several posts on Adam Fein’s blog (Lipitor, adherence) and an article in Drug Benefit News where this quote appeared along with an AIS blog post questioning the PBM’s dislike of copay cards (from the same article that Adam mentioned).

“Copay offset programs [offered by brand-name drugmakers to compete with generics] mitigate the effectiveness of our tiered benefit design programs and [are] going against what we’re trying to accomplish for our members’ health and for employers.”

— Peter Clagett, vice president of pharmaceutical strategies and PBM oversight for WellPoint, Inc.