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Court strikes down Trump-era rule that allowed health insurers to broadly use copay accumulators
STAT+ A U.S. judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that allowed health insurers not to count copay assistance offered by drug...

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It’s time to put patients before middlemen and reform the PBM industry
The Hill | Opinion When it comes to the alphabet soup of acronyms in health care, it can be hard to keep up. Whether it is the difference...

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Guest Columnist: Congress must rein in bad actors to keep Ky.'s independent pharmacies alive
The State Journal From my University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy graduation, to beginning a new job at the Kentucky Pharmacists...

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Congress Making Progress on Bills to Regulate PBMs
All measures would require more transparency about the fees they collect MedPage Today Confused by all the bills being introduced in...

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FTC Walks Back Years of Support for Pharmacy Benefits Middlemen
Vote withdraws 11 letters, reports supporting PBMs Industry group argues pharmacy benefit market is ‘dynamic’ Bloomberg Law The FTC voted...

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FTC Pulls Back From Prior Support for Pharmacy Benefit Middlemen
Policy from 2000s put PBMs in ‘regulatory free zone’ Push for oversight of the companies heats up Bloomberg Law The FTC on Thursday plans...

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Congress Voices Bipartisan Support for FTC’s Fight Against Monopoly Power
American Economic Liberties Project During the first half of an oversight hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today, a bipartisan...

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House committee approves PBM transparency bills
Modern Healthcare Reporter: LAUREN BERRYMAN Yet another congressional committee has advanced legislation aimed at bringing down...

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How to Fix the National Drug Shortage
The New York Times The Times reported last month that drug shortages in the United States are approaching record levels, with thousands...

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Bipartisan support on key panel for crackdown on pharmaceutical middlemen
The Washington Examiner Members of both parties on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability expressed support for the...

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US Officials Probe a New Layer in Opaque Drug Pricing, Supply System
Round of subpoenas is the latest attempt to pierce industry Entities allow PBMs to ‘hide the ball,’ consultant says Bloomberg US...

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A More Aggressive FTC Is Starting to Target Drug Mergers and Industry Middlemen
KFF Health News Under the leadership of an aggressive opponent of anti-competitive business practices, the Federal Trade Commission is...

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PBM landscape in for a shakeup
Axios Pro A Congressional panel unanimously advanced legislation with new transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers on...

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FTC Deepens Inquiry into Prescription Drug Middlemen
Agency issues orders to companies affiliated with CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Prime Therapeutics as it examines the PBMs’ impact...

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Prescription-drug costs in spotlight as pharmacy benefit reform advances in Senate
Drugmakers, prescription-drug middlemen trade jabs over high cost of medications MarketWatch A bipartisan effort to rein in prescription...

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Will Senate Hearing Expose PBMs’ Unscrupulous Drug Pricing Tactics?
Forbes Today , Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will haul executives from three insulin manufacturers and three pharmacy benefit managers...

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Another powerful congressional committee is ready to take on PBMs
STAT+ House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer plans to hold a hearing on the results of an investigation into the business...

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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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