Research Letter

Statin Out-of-Pocket Expenditures Under Private Insurance vs Medicaid After 2016 USPSTF

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37041

October 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This economic evaluation compares out-of-pocket costs for statins among privately insured vs Medicaid enrollees before and after the 2016 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) grade B recommendation.

Corresponding Author: Ben Mosier IV, BS, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, 55 Park Pl, Atlanta, GA 30303 (rmosier2@student.gsu.edu).

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