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Is the State of Kansas Overpaying for Prescription Drugs?

Employers across the country are struggling to afford health care for their workers and part of the problem is the high cost of prescription drugs. Photo: Carlos Moren /  KCUR Radio
Employers across the country are struggling to afford health care for their workers and part of the problem is the high cost of prescription drugs. Photo: Carlos Moren / KCUR Radio

Kansas spends about $80 million a year on prescription drugs for its employee health plan. But how much of that money is for buying the actual drugs? And how much of it goes to the pharmacy middlemen who process the claims? As Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service reports, those are questions every employer should ask. 


The Kansas News Service reports on health, the many factors that influence it and their connection to public policy. You can learn more at ksnewsservice.org.

The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.