Insurance giant will require Medicare beneficiaries to try ‘step therapy’ - STAT

Insurance giant will require Medicare beneficiaries to try ‘step therapy’ - STAT

STAT Plus: Insurance giant, seizing on Trump initiative, will require Medicare beneficiaries to try controversial ‘step therapy’

By IKE SWETLITZ

JIM MONE/AP

UnitedHealthcare will require some Medicare patients to try cheaper drugs before pricey biologics and other costly medicines.

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