Avalere reports on benchmark plan drug coverage

Avalere Health LLC released a report that tallies the number of drugs that must be covered under essential health benefits (EHB) benchmark plans of each state. According to the report, some states may cover more than twice as many prescription drugs as other states. For example, proposed plans from Alaska, Delaware, Idaho and West Virginia each list 1,070 covered drugs, compared with 485 drugs in the proposed benchmark plan for North Carolina. ...