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Arkansas legislature passes bill to ban 'monopoly' PBMs from owning pharmacies in state
Arkansas is leading the charge in regulating PBMs, which the Federal Trade Commission said in a 2024 report are inflating drug costs and...
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Pharmacists push for reforms to pharmacy benefit managers in NC
Pharmacy benefit managers say attempts to restrict their business practices will lead to higher drug prices for patients. Rep. Heather...
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Commentary: Why your pharmacy may be disappearing
While multiple factors can contribute to a business closing, the additional costs Pharmacy Benefit Managers impose on pharmacies...
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Save Local Pharmacies Act passes in both chambers in the Virginia general assembly
The bill aims to protect Virginians' access to healthcare and lower costs by creating a single benefit manager for the state's Medicaid...
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Big insurance declares war on small-town pharmacists
1819 News Author: Tony Cochran John* is a pharmacist in a small community. A wonderful husband and father to his two children, John has a...
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Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Expose Community Pharmacies to Financial Risk
A survey conducted by 3 Axis Advisors revealed potential impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation...
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Arkansas Legislative Council makes pharmacy-protecting PBM rule permanent
KARK News Reporter: Alex Kienlen The Arkansas Legislative Council voted on Friday to make an emergency rule on pharmacy benefit managers...
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Alabama loses a pharmacy a week. Now they are suing the ‘behemoths’ they say are to blame
AL.com Reporter: Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Since 2018, about 350 pharmacies in Alabama closed their doors. That’s more than one a week....
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PBM and telehealth measures falter in Congress' year-end rush
Modern Healthcare Reporter: Michael McAuliff Lawmakers and advocates are making a last-ditch effort to include pharmacy benefit...
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PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51
KFF Health News Reporter: Andy Miller While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their prescriptions on a hot summer day, some...
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Killing Indie Pharmacies and Limiting Patient Choice
The Body Reporter: Tim Murphy I had a shocking revelation recently. For several years here in my New York neighborhood in Queens, I’ve...
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Drug middlemen say Pharma sets prices. Then why do middlemen have hundreds for the same drug?
Ohio Capital Journal Pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers deny claims that they’re responsible for the inflating cost of...
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NCPA Leads Retail Pharmacy in a Class Action Suit Against Change Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, and Optum for Data Breach and Losses
Plaintiffs say defendants failed to secure its network failed to provide adequate guidance, and cost them money NCPA Newsroom The...
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Do pharmacy benefit managers play a role in pharmacy closures?
Ziks Pharmacy seeing numerous customers rushing to them for care. Dayton Daily News As pharmacies continue to shutter across the nation...
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Pharmacy benefit managers profit at expense of patients and small pharmacies, FTC says
Pharmacy benefit managers may raise the prices of prescription drugs at the pharmacy counter, the Federal Trade Commission found. CNN...
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3Axis Report Scrutinizes PBM Spread Pricing Practice
The 3Axis Advisors analysis suggests PBMs’ spread pricing practices leads to employers being charged different amounts for the same...
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Independent pharmacists start ads asking Congress for relief from PBMs, ask Supreme Court to hear a case
Northern Kentucky Tribune Independent community pharmacists have begun an advertising campaign to get Congress to rein in pharmacy...
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Miyares joins cohort pressing for U.S. Supreme Court to review pharmacy benefit manager case
Virginia Mercury Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wants states to have more authority to regulate pharmacy benefit managers....
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PHARMACIES: PBMs are killing independent owners
Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls Press As a local pharmacist, it was refreshing for me to see an article in The Press about the challenges facing...
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As pharmacies shutter, some Western states, Black and Latino communities are left behind
Associated Press To view AP's interactive pharmacy access map, click here Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS...
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