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Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul

May 13

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In this May 3, 2013 photo, Daniel N. Mendelson, CEO of data analysis firm Avalere Health, poses for a photograph at their Washington office. Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, Mendelson warns. Avalere’s research shows that one in four cancer patients walks away from the pharmacy counter empty-handed when facing a copay of $500 or more for a newly prescribed drug. “It’s important that the benefit design not discriminate against people with chronic illness, and high copays do that,” he says. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama’s health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.

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