Congress Can't Wait—Reform Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Deliver Lower-Cost Drugs for Patients | Opinion
As the 119th Congress convenes, policymakers have a historic opportunity to lower prescription drug prices for Americans. As ...
House passes pharmacy benefit manager transparency bill
A bill that aims to increase pharmacy benefit managers’ transparency by requiring them to report data to the agency that ...
Only an act of Congress can stop pharmacy monopolies, Sen. Lankford says
Sen. James Lankford has been trying to pass legislation in response to an industry he believes will leave small towns without ...
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New Senate HELP chair lists pharmacy benefit manager reform as a top priority
La., said the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee should also increase gig worker access to portable ...
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Virginia takes aim at pharmacy benefit managers in Medicaid overhaul
Pharmacy benefits managers act as intermediaries between health plans, drug manufacturers and pharmacies, but their lack of transparency has raised concerns. PBMs retain rebates and discounts from ...
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Mississippi House Passes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Bill
A bill that aims to increase pharmacy benefit managers’ transparency by requiring them to report data to the agency that oversees pharmacy practice in Mississippi passed in the House of ...
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Trump has promised to ‘knock out’ pharmacy benefit managers. How the drug middlemen became a $557 billion industry that its customers love to hate
In late December, President-elect Donald Trump put pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, on notice. Denouncing the $557 billion industry as “horrible middlemen,” responsible for—and “rich as ...
Oklahoma takes CVS Caremark to new PBM court over alleged underpayments
Oklahoma's attorney general has accused CVS's Caremark pharmacy benefit manager unit of under-reimbursing pharmacies for ...