'If they could just get it at their local doctor's office, it would make a lot more sense.'
Colorado legislators want to make it easier for people with chronic or severe illnesses to access specialty drugs and treatment from their nearest doctor's office or clinic instead of relying on mail orders or specialty pharmacies in their health insurance networks, but insurers worry doctors and hospitals will increase prices as a result.
"House Bill 1010 leaves decision-making in the hands of the physician and patient, letting them decide what's best for the patient care," the bill's state Senate sponsor, Dafna Michaelson Jenet, said during a hearing. "In summary, this bill would prohibit plans from interfering with the physician-and-patient relationship and deciding what's best for their care."
With white-bagging, health insurance providers are able to order the cheapest drugs for treatment through specialty pharmacies, which have larger inventories. Boyle says that hospitals and doctors have smaller inventories of more expensive drugs on site or charge more for the same drugs if they have to order them.
Speaking for people who don't rely on white-bagging but go directly to the specialty pharmacy, Amelia Schachter, a retired nurse and cancer survivor who is now a volunteer with the AARP advocacy team, tellsthat the bill will help"people who live in rural communities or have difficulty getting to a specific pharmacy to get their injections or to get their IVs," she says.
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