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How the growing cost of drugs might affect your health plan

How the growing cost of drugs might affect your employer’s health plan

08/17/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

How the growing cost of drugs might affect your health plan

Clip: 8/17/2015 | 6m 18s

How the growing cost of drugs might affect your employer’s health plan

More than half of large U.S. employers will more tightly manage their employees' use of prescription drugs next year, according to a new survey. The increased expenses from costly drugs threaten to push some employer health care plans over a threshold that will make them subject to a high tax. Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Brian Marcotte, CEO of the National Business Group on Health.

08/17/2015 | Rating NR

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