Today’s NY Times discusses how insurance plans are no longer paying for recently changed to OTC medications – such as Claritin and Prilosec. With OTC statins on the horizon, I’d bet they can’t wait to stop covering these medications. Imagine the savings.
The cost of OTC medications
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