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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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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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Chains Feeling the Squeeze
It’s time for the folks in Washington to stop paying lip service to the problem and pass legislation that will rein in the PBMs. Pharmacy...
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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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Nearly a third of independent pharmacies at risk of closure in 2024
The pharmacies are feeling the strains of a CMS rule that went into effect at the start of the year. Healthcare Brew Independent...
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The Truth Behind Medicare (Dis)Advantage's Disinformation Campaign | Opinion
Newsweek Right now, Big Insurance is descending on Capitol Hill with millions of dollars and an army of lobbyists and ad campaigns to...
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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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Years later, states' drug pricing boards have yet to bring down costs
Axios Five years after the creation of the first state board empowered to cap prescription drug costs, patients still haven't seen any...
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The PBM-insurer mafia comes for community pharmacies
UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna’s PBMs are using their market share and pull in Washington to drive one of the key levers to manage...
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PBM bills, other health policies fail to make funding package
Modern Healthcare A healthcare package that would have advanced pharmacy benefit manager legislation and other healthcare priorities...
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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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First Look: PBM probe update
Axios Pro Pharmacy benefit managers aren't fully complying with a federal probe into their business practices more than a year and a half...
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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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