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John Lin

@johnlin08.bsky.social

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Medical oncologist and health services researcher. Assistant Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center

John Lin @johnlin08.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

📉 Currently, data for real time prescription benefit (RTPB) tools are constrained in the PBM-insurer network. We compared savings through MCCPD to RTPBs studied by Desai et al. (JAMA IM, 2022). Savings through cost plus drugs was substantially greater.

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John Lin @johnlin08.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

HHS has advocated for adding DTC cash prices to Real-Time Prescription Benefit tools—the software doctors use to check your copay before writing a script. Our study shows what this might do.

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John Lin @johnlin08.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

When copays get high, the savings become massive. For prescriptions where insurance copays or coinsurance exceeded $100, the median price patients paid was $140. The median price for those exact same drugs through @costplusdrugs.com? Just $25.

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John Lin @johnlin08.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

"Does MCCPD even carry these drugs? What about shipping costs?" 97% of prescriptions were available via @costplusdrugs. Even after adding a $5.25 shipping fee—conservative since patients can bundle scripts— 80% of scripts with copays >$15 were cheaper through MCCPD.

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