Pharmacy Costs for Employees Expected to Increase

Aon Hewitt released the results of an analysis it conducted on U.S. pharmacy costs for current employees and retirees, which could increase by 10% by 2016 and 10.5% by 2017.  Aon Hewitt said that low medical costs are expected to mitigate some of the higher pharmacy costs, and that there were a number of ways employers could offset costs. "Over the past few years, employers have implemented a number of strategies to lower medical costs, including cost sharing through higher copays or high-deductible plans, implementing high performance networks, promoting consumerism ...