GoodRx vs manufacturer copay cards — 12 month update

quinn_sf said:

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence.

Mine went the same way, slower.

quinn_sf said:

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence.

Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. Most of what circulates confidently in this community traces back to one summary of one study, and the qualifier was dropped somewhere in the third retelling.

If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.

One concrete data point for the thread. If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way. Most of the apparent contradictions in these threads dissolve at that step.

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

Was that from a primary source or from a summary of one?

Dr.GutHealth said:

If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.

Pushing back on Dr.GutHealth here. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.