Aubrey Wursten

Jan 17, 2025 | iwf.org | Charlotte Whelan |Aubrey Wursten

Costs & Accessiblity In the struggle to lower healthcare insurance expenditures, step therapy has emerged as one of the more controversial cost-cutting measures. Often called “fail first,” step therapy protocol requires reluctant medical practitioners to prescribe patients relatively inexpensive treatments for an ailment before stepping up to more expensive options. Only after inexpensive choices fail will the insurer cover pricier ones. This practice sometimes makes sense. Private insurance...