A recent study from the Commonwealth Fund and the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) shows that reducing the use of high-cost, low-value drugs in employers’ health benefit plans could help employers save as much as 24% in overall pharmacy spending. In this webcast, the author of the report, Lauren Vela, a senior director at PBGH, will explain the results of the study and PBGH’s efforts to promote a “waste-free prescription drug formulary.”

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Millions of Americans of all ages need long-term care, but they face a looming question: how will they pay for these services? Coverage under Medicare and Medicaid is not comprehensive, and many people rely on their families and friends to shoulder some of the burden.

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The measles outbreak over the past year shines a spotlight on the challenges of finding the right public health approach to vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Join this webcast in which three public health experts will discuss questions related to vaccine mandates, how to counter misinformation about vaccines when does public health outweigh individual liberty and more. Learn some answers to these questions and new angles on public health and vaccines.

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