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 ...
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 ...
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AIDS organization wins $10M antitrust ruling against Prime Therapeutics
An arbitrator has determined Prime Therapeutics violated federal and state antitrust laws against the AIDS Healthcare ...
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 ...
Trump has promised to ‘knock out’ pharmacy benefit managers. How the drug middlemen became a $557 billion industry that its customers love to hate
The industry says it keeps down the cost of prescription drugs, but critics say it's profiting at the expense of patients.
PBMs Under Fire Again, But Despite Bipartisan Pressure Reforms May Be Elusive
As Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ends her tenure this week the FTC posted a second report in six months ...
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Bill would prevent PBMs from dispensing drugs via retail, mail
A bill filed Thursday (Jan. 16) in the Arkansas Legislature would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and insurance companies ...
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Insurance Company Where CEO Was Assassinated Jacking Up Cost of Cancer Drugs by "Thousands of Percent," Government Finds
UnitedHealthcare's legal drug dealing arm is, according to the government, massively marking up the cost of life-saving ...
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Congress likely to stall RFK Jr.'s agenda, investors believe
But for all the noise, many Wall Street professionals believe the policy risk in the healthcare sector is lower than feared. “If you combine the fact that Congress is so divided that making policy ...
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WATCH: Arkansas Pharmacists Association, AG Tim Griffin talk pharmacy benefit manager reform
The Arkansas Pharmacists Association and Attorney General Tim Griffin held a press conference at 10:30 a.m. Thursday regarding statewide pharmacy benefit manager reform legislation.