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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It’s Not Just Big Pharma: Meet the Middlemen Blocking Access to Medication
Pharmacy benefit managers have massive control over people’s medications, but a growing movement is pushing for reform. Truthout...
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Higher Drug Costs, Less Choice: How PBMs Affect Everyday Americans’ Healthcare
Forbes The nation’s attention remains fixed on pharmacy benefit managers. Following a series of House Oversight Committee meetings on...
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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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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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Maryland could cap prices for Ozempic and other diabetes drugs
A state board picked those products and two others for reviews that could lead to "upper payment limits." ALM Benefits Pro The Maryland...
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Op-Ed: Health care middlemen don’t benefit NJ patients or pharmacists
Pharmacy benefit managers ‘use practices that create access barriers for patients and administrative challenges for pharmacists’ NJ...
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The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs
Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government. The New York Times Americans...
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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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Patients, pharmacists march against PBM business model
Patients, pharmacists and their advocates marched at Express Scripts Headquarters in north St. Louis County Friday in opposition to the...
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Congress needs to stop pharmacy benefit managers from wrongly impeding access to drugs
Cleveland.com When I was 40 years old, I received a medical diagnosis we all fear: cancer. In the prime of my life, doctors confirmed...
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Navarro Announces Completion of First Pharmacy Benefit Manager Exams
Efforts to protect consumers and independent pharmacies, and lower pharmaceutical costs continue Delaware News | Office of the Insurance...
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UnitedHealth Group CEO takes bipartisan heat in Senate hearing over cyberattack
The Hill UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty took fire from both sides of the aisle Wednesday during his testimony before the Senate...
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David Balto: End the link between PBMs and drug prices
Waco Tribune-Herald It’s not a secret that our prescription drug pricing system is broken. To address the root of the problem, the Biden...
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Commentary: How lawmakers can protect copay assistance
Maryland Matters In the complicated landscape of health care, one thing is abundantly clear — the current drug pricing system is broken....
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Congressman on PBMs: ‘They've essentially become extortion artists’
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, discusses prior authorizations and other pending legislation in Washington. Medical Economics Pharmacy benefit...
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Under threat from industry ‘middlemen,’ independent pharmacies gain allies in D.C., Frankfort
Pharmacy entrepreneur Mark Cuban had nothing good to say about pharmacy benefit managers, who also are the subject of a Kentucky bill...
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A Bipartisan Coalition of 39 State Attorneys General Urge Congressional Action on Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform
NAAG The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter to Congressional leaders on behalf of 39 attorneys general who...
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House panel passes PBM bill that bans spread pricing, only allows a flat service fee
The Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act would require pharmacy benefit managers that contract with a carrier offering...
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