Low-Income Subsidy and Financial Barrier to Access Costly Oral Chemotherapy Drugs for Myeloma Patients Enrolled in Medicare Part D

This podcast summarizes the study finding and discuss the clinical and policy implication of an article to appear in JCO that examined the impact of low-income subsidy on the utilization, adherence, and costs of oral immunomodulatory drugs among elderly myeloma patients. Read the article Subsidies for Oral Chemotherapy and Use of Immunomodulatory Drugs Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Myeloma by Olszewski et al.