State Rx Purchasing Pool Buy-In Model Gives the Unemployed Access to Discounted Drugs

This commentary discusses the huge rise in the number of people without health insurance in the wake of mass layoffs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and are seeking strategies to protect them from high prescription drug prices.

The uninsured are sometimes the only consumers left paying the full list price for a drug, while the insured benefit from drug discounts negotiated on their behalf.