Trends in Insulin Out-of-Pocket Costs Among US Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMAPublished Cross-sectional study

Study context

Population
Medicare beneficiaries not receiving the low-income subsidy, by state, 2019 through 2023
Outcome
Out-of-pocket costs for insulin
Follow-up
2019 through 2023

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Insulin out-of-pocket costs
  • Decreasing out-of-pocket costs for insulin among Medicare beneficiaries not receiving the low-income subsidy

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Distribution of costs by state · 2019 through 2023

Distribution of insulin out-of-pocket costs by state examined

Original publication

Trends in Insulin Out-of-Pocket Costs Among US Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA. Published 21 April 2026. doi:10.1001/jama.2026.2341

Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →

Get them every week

New studies on this topic in My Week and in your Monday e-mail.

We e-mail you a sign-in link and a code. No password, no spam.