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Online tool demonstrates potential for prostate cancer medication cost savings
Author(s)Urology Times staff
“It's a really simple tool to predict your out-of-pocket costs,” says Benjamin Pockros, MD, MBA, of Medicare Plan Finder.
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In this interview, Benjamin Pockros, MD, MBA, discusses the presentation “Out-Of-Pocket Costs for Prostate Cancer Medications Substantially Vary by Part D Plan: An Online Tool Could Save Patients Thousands of Dollars,” which he gave at the 2022 Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. Pockros is a urology resident at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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