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Follow the Prescription Dollar

Click through each icon to learn about each transaction.

A drug with a list price of $100

Premiums Payment for the drug Rebates, discounts & refunds (paid later)

Follow the money, step by step

Numbers match the numbered arrows. Hover a step to light it up in the diagram.

Who ends up ahead on one $100 prescription

The takeaway

    Illustrative

    Round numbers for teaching, matching the “Follow the Money” doc. They are not real prices for any specific drug or company. Figures marked Sourced in the tiles come from the publications listed below.

    Sources for sourced figures