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Bipartisan Senate plan would regulate PBM compensation, target ‘unfair’ drug price hikes
Healio Key takeaways: The bipartisan plan would decouple pharmacy benefit manager compensation from drug prices, among other reforms. The...

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Move the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 forward
CT Mirror “I cannot afford to live.” – Patients are screaming at the outrageous prescription drug costs. The U.S. spends three times more...

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National Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Congressional Efforts to Hold PBMs Accountable
Bipartisan Respondents Strongly Favor Policies that Require PBMs to Provide Value and Lower Drug Costs PBM Accountability Project With...

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Senate Commerce approves PBM transparency bill
Axios Pro The Senate Commerce Committee approved the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act Wednesday on an 18-9 vote. Why...

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MN pharmacies in crisis: Pharmacists push for bill to change prescription payment business model
KIMT3 News Reporter: Annalise Johnson “We care about every part of your healthcare and your life. We do our best for that. We do more...

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Pharmacy-benefit managers could face more SD regs
Keloland Capitol News Bureau Pharmacists would be at less of a disadvantage on business arrangements such as prescription-drug prices...

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OK Commissioner Mulready sets record straight about changes to prescription program
The Duncan Banner The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has become aware of inaccurate and misleading communications affecting Oklahoma...

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Congress Investigates How Pharma Middlemen Affect Drug Prices
Panel asks CVS Caremark and other pharmacy-benefit managers about fees The Wall Street Journal House Republicans have launched an...

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Corporations try to kill Oklahoma rule that aims to keep prescription temperatures safe
A pharmacy rule pending in Oklahoma could be the first in the nation to tighten safety on temperature exposure for mailed medications,...

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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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‘We Ain’t Gonna Get It’: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
KHN After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the Senate...

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Rural Oregon pharmacies fear closure without further health care industry regulation
A trio of bills would create new rules for pharmaceutical middlemen in the state. Oregon Public Broadcasting Less competition has meant...

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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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Oklahoma Pharmacy Board unanimously approves new rules for shipping mail-order medications
Oklahoma KFOR News The Oklahoma Pharmacy Board unanimously approved new rules Wednesday that would regulate how Oklahomans receive...

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Senators introduced bills to reform PBMs and create new FTC probe
Fierce Healthcare Two top senators have reintroduced legislation that would introduce several reforms to pharmacy benefit managers,...

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The Government Thinks It Is Overpaying for Medicare, Spelling Trouble for Insurers
Health insurers had a stellar 2022, but this year looks more challenging The Wall Street Journal Health insurers had the best of both...

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Drug Pricing Oversight to Get Prime Focus Under New Congress
Repeal of Biden’s drug pricing law unlikely, analysts say Pharmacy middlemen, insulin costs among top priorities Bloomberg Law Overseeing...

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Through reverse auctions, Minnesota pushes for PBM savings and price transparency
By Christopher Snowbeck - Star Tribune Two large public sector health plans in Minnesota say they jointly will save more than $28 million...

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Get Antitrust Legislation Done, Chuck Schumer
Antitrust legislation is now up to one man, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. He promised a vote on antitrust legislation in May....

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Elon Musk, Bernie Sanders and Others Miss the Mark Over Pricey Insulin
Big Pharma has taken much of the heat for sky-high insulin prices, but scrutiny could soon shift to other companies grabbing a growing...

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