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Does Health Insurance Cover Epipens?

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Does Health Insurance Cover Epipens? Which Insurance Carrier Should I Select? Only four insurance carriers in California treat EpiPen as a preferred brand name prescription: Aetna, United Healthcare, Blue Shield, and Anthem Blue Cross. Coverage for the EpiPen under these carriers will be the most favorable, with lower copays and more available coverage. What happens

How Many Lives Saved EpiPen?

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How Many Lives Saved EpiPen? The average age of death from food anaphylaxis for 63 patients across two U.S. registries (here and here) was about 20, so if we assume a median lifespan of 79 years, each life saved by EpiPen would yield 59 additional life-years–or 46,020 life-years for those 780 fatalities. How many EpiPens