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Sorry, Bernie, but DTC Ads Inform and Educate—They Don’t Drive Unnecessary Prescriptions

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Senator Bernie Sanders, among other critics, has repeatedly asserted that DTC ads inflate healthcare costs by driving unnecessary prescriptions. Prescriptions Require Doctors, Not Just Ads One common misconception is that pharmaceutical ads lead directly to unnecessary prescriptions. The reality tells a different story.

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Should Physicians Remind Patients They Can Save Money with GoodRx?

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It’s not uncommon for patients to delay filling prescriptions—not because they don’t believe in the treatment, but because they can’t afford it. As prescription drug prices continue to rise and insurance coverage becomes more unpredictable, tools like GoodRx have emerged to bridge the affordability gap.

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No! DTC Ads Should Not Be Banned

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DTC ads are misleading, overly influential, and contribute to rising healthcare costs. The bill reflects a long-standing concern that pharmaceutical companies are too aggressive in marketing prescription drugs to the public, often at the expense of public health. What’s Driving Prescriptions? Their argument?

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It’s Time to Admit: In an Era of High Distrust, Pharma DTC TV Ads Are Ineffective

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For decades, pharma companies have relied on direct-to-consumer (DTC) television ads to build awareness and drive demand for prescription drugs. They may be increasingly out of step with how patients make healthcare decisions today. That’s because patients don’t follow a linear path from ad exposure to prescription. They search.

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The future of healthcare?

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SUMMARY: One definitive trend to emerge from the pandemic is that more people are becoming healthcare consumers. They want healthcare to be easier to access and don’t want to wait for necessary medical tests. One urgent care center in Tampa even has its online healthcare records site. People want changes to healthcare.

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Value-based healthcare can help reduce costs

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Why haven’t more employers addressed the rising costs of employee healthcare with value-based care? This has to be upsetting to employers experiencing riding employee healthcare costs. The answer may be in offering a value-based healthcare model. Prescription drugs costs are just a small part of healthcare costs (11%).

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American healthcare is too profitable

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healthcare system is bedeviled by greed, with drug companies, device manufacturers, hospital organizations, physician groups, and insurers scrambling to grab a slice of the more than $3 trillion we spend on medical care each year. The bifurcation within our healthcare system is poised to get worse. (FT.COM) The U.S.