Medicare patient out-of-pocket medicine cost decline

Medicare out‑of‑pocket costs declined by $638 million (2.2%) in aggregate in 2025 following the implementation of the Medicare Part D out‑of‑pocket cap; however, costs remain more than $5.3 billion (23%) higher than in 2020, driven by increased volume and shifts in prescription mix.

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IQVIA Institute. (2025). U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Y4MCHKK0581X3X5N369ZRY0DN7

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IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2025, https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Y4MCHKK0581X3X5N369ZRY0DN7.

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IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2025. https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Y4MCHKK0581X3X5N369ZRY0DN7.

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@misc{iqvia2025medicarery0dn7, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_Y4MCHKK0581X3X5N369ZRY0DN7}, note = {Original source: https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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