DRUG PRICING PROPOSALS

To advocate for drug pricing and transparency mechanisms that ensure patient access to affordable medications, preserve existing clinical services and patient safety standards, and do not increase the complexity of the medication-use system. 

Rationale

As drug prices have continued to climb, policymakers have proposed numerous solutions. While each proposal will need to be evaluated on its merits, it is critical that, at a minimum, policy solutions promote transparency, protect patient access to medications, and limit or reduce patient out-of-pocket costs. However, drug pricing solutions should not threaten programs that support expanded patient services (e.g., the 340B Drug Pricing Program), create patient safety risks (e.g., certain drug importation proposals), or add to the administrative or practice burden of healthcare providers.