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Workplace health plans pay up to 30 times more than Medicare for specialty drugs
Policies to reduce employer-sponsored insurance prices for physician-administered drugs are needed because they threaten access to...
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NACDS to CMS: Finish the Job of DIR Fee Reform
NACDS stands up for seniors and pharmacies in comments on Medicare proposed rule NACDS Press Room The National Association of Chain Drug...
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Biden’s SOTU Targets Drug Companies, But Misses Opportunity To Challenge Health Insurers And PBMs
Forbes President Biden’s State of the Union Address hammered home the point that drug prices must come down. He reminded viewers that he...
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Smaller drug stores say pharmacy benefit managers create competitive disadvantage
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to add controls on so-called middlemen in prescription transactions. Independent pharmacy owners have complained...
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Mississippi lawmakers propose bill targeting pharmacy benefit managers
Super Talk | Mississippi Media Mississippi hospitals aren’t the only ones in need. According to Robert Dozier of the Mississippi...
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GoodRx Leaked User Health Data to Facebook and Google, F.T.C. Says
The popular drug discount app deceptively shared details on users’ illnesses and medicines with ad firms, regulators said in a legal...
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A decade-long battle over Medicare Advantage audits is coming to a head
‘Everybody has blood on their hands’ STAT News The federal government and health insurance companies have been clashing for more than a...
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It is Time for Policymakers to Protect Patients from Predatory Practices of Insurers and PBMs
Healthcare Business Today Although per capita patient out-of-pocket (OOP) spending on prescription medications has dropped, averages are...
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UnitedHealth's Optum gets FDA warning letter over 'serious deficiencies' at infusion facility
The agency cited a presence of vermin at drug compounding site in Arizona. StarTribune The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a...
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The Big Three PBMs’ 2023 Formulary Exclusions: Observations on Insulin, Humira, and Biosimilars
Drug Channels Author: Adam J. Fein, PhD For 2023, the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark (CVS Health), Express...
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Everyday High Prices
How discounting led to inflation, shortages, and inequality. Washington Monthly Magazine Author: Phillip Longman For years, the only...
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The biggest health stories to watch in 2023
The Washington Post On tap for 2023: GOP investigations, abortion battles, covid pay-fors Welcome to 2023, where some of last year’s most...
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States take action against pharmacy benefit manager’s 340b workarounds
KTTN News With Community Health Centers’ funding facing challenges from pharmacy benefit managers, some state lawmakers are getting...
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Mary Tipton: New Congress can reduce prescription drug costs
Consumers will benefit by cutting out the pharmacy middlemen Salt Lake Tribune The federal government recently announced the U.S. spent a...
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Will your insurance company cover the copay for a costly drug?
ABC News Randi Clites’ son Colton was born with severe hemophilia – a rare blood clotting disorder that typically costs $400,000 a year...
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How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions
NPR In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of...
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The health insurer will see you now: How UnitedHealth is keeping more profits, as your doctor
STAT News By Bob Herman Next year, UnitedHealth Group — one of the largest health care companies on the planet — expects to make a lot...
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Schmidt suit claims insulin 'pricing scheme'
Topeka Capital-Journal Some of the nation's most prominent drug companies and pharmacies forced Kansans to pay exorbitant costs for...
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Tricare Pharmacy Contract Uncertainty Causes Congress to Push for Answers
Military News U.S. lawmakers are seeking answers on an apparent about-face by Tricare's pharmacy benefits manager to let thousands of...
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Replace the failure of Medicare Advantage with ‘Medicare Part F’
STAT News Medicare Advantage began life as a brilliant idea: a public-private partnership to keep older people healthier and reduce...
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