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Health insurers want you to try cheaper drugs first, but that can hurt you

  • Written by Sharona Hoffman, Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
Physicians often have reasons for prescribing a specific drug. Burlingham/Shutterstock.com

Few people are familiar with the term “step therapy,” but most Americans have health insurance policies that adopt it. Step therapy programs, also known as “fail first policies,” require patients to try less expensive treatments before...

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