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Initial Monthly Cost of Tafamidis—the Real Price for Patients—Reply

Initial Monthly Cost of Tafamidis—the Real Price for Patients—Reply Letters Shirley Stasher, RN COMMENT & RESPONSE Daniel W. Jones, MD Initial Monthly Cost of Tafamidis— Richard Summers, MD the Real Price for Patients To the Editor We concur entirely with the Viewpoint by Author Affiliations: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (Clark); Center for Telehealth, Gurwitz and Maurer on the high price of tafamidis for the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (Woods, Stasher, Summers); treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Missis- (ATTR-CM). The authors briefly addressed the potential sippi Medical Center, Jackson (Patki, K. Jones); Department of Medicine, Uni- problem of access and affordability for patients but do not versity of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (D. W. Jones); Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson provide details on cost. As this is a disease of the elderly, (D. W. Jones). most patients in the US receiving tafamidis are Medicare Accepted for Publication: March 10, 2020. beneficiaries. Medicare has a multilayered structure for Corresponding Author: Donald Clark III, MD, MPH, Division of Cardiology, drug coverage, and patients may be subject to high copay- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Cardiology American Medical Association

Initial Monthly Cost of Tafamidis—the Real Price for Patients—Reply

Gurwitz, Jerry H.; Maurer, Mathew S.
JAMA Cardiology , Volume 5 (7) – Jul 22, 2020
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Letters Shirley Stasher, RN COMMENT & RESPONSE Daniel W. Jones, MD Initial Monthly Cost of Tafamidis— Richard Summers, MD the Real Price for Patients To the Editor We concur entirely with the Viewpoint by Author Affiliations: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (Clark); Center for Telehealth, Gurwitz and Maurer on the high price of tafamidis for the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (Woods, Stasher, Summers); treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Missis- (ATTR-CM). The authors briefly addressed the potential sippi Medical Center, Jackson (Patki, K. Jones); Department of Medicine, Uni- problem of access and affordability for patients but do not versity of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (D. W. Jones); Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson provide details on cost. As this is a disease of the elderly, (D. W. Jones). most patients in the US receiving tafamidis are Medicare Accepted for Publication: March 10, 2020. beneficiaries. Medicare has a multilayered structure for Corresponding Author: Donald Clark III, MD, MPH, Division of Cardiology, drug coverage, and patients may be subject to high copay- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical

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