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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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Educate Patients About How PBMs’ Vertical Integration Impacts Their Health Care
Pharmacy Times Author: Muhammad Cheema, PharmD Imagine walking into your pharmacy only to find that your medication is no longer...
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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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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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Pressure Mounts for PBM Reform Amid Rising Drug Costs
Independent Voter News Reporter: Cara Brown McCormick The Hidden Power of PBMs: A System Under Scrutiny Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)...
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Diagnosing the Problem With PBMs' Incentives
Real Clear Markets Reporter: Justin Leventhal Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) sit in the center of our prescription drug system,...
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FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars
CNN Reporter: Tami Luhby Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped...
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Drive Up Costs
Newsmax Reporter: Mark Swanson Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., is taking aim at three pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that operate...
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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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Lawmakers push health insurers, PBMs to sell pharmacy businesses
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are facing a new round of scrutiny this week across Capitol Hill. The Hill Health Care Newsletter A...
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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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How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Harming Patients—and What Policymakers Can Do About It
The Century Foundation Author: Thomas Waldrop , Fellow Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had begun...
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The Costly Failures Of Medicine’s Middlemen
Forbes Robert Pearl, M.D. Forbes Contributor The American medical system has become undeniably complex, a far cry from the days when...
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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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Employers Haven’t a Clue How Their Drug Benefits Are Managed
KFF Health News Reporter: Arthur Allen Most employers have little idea what the pharmacy benefit managers they hire do with the money...
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Senators Call on FTC to Investigate PBM Co-Manufacturing Tactic
Senators Ron Wyden and Sherrod Brown wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission calling to explore yet another PBM tactic impeding...
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The ERISA Industry Committee Calls on Congress to Close Loophole and Deem PBMs as a “Fiduciary” under ERISA
ERIC The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) today released a new issue brief , “PBM Reform: Deem PBMs a “Fiduciary” Under ERISA,” calling...
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Federal Trade Commission sues largest drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices
CNN Reporter: Tami Luhby , CNN The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the three largest pharmacy benefit managers,...
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