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The Cantwell-Grassley PBM Bill Is Much Needed But More Can Be Done
Health Affairs Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced legislation that aims to shed light on...
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Seeking to Kick-Start Biden’s Agenda, Schumer Unveils a Bill for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
Kaiser Health News Democratic senators on Wednesday took a formal step toward reviving President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, starting...
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8 in 10 registered voters support requiring insurance & PBMs to share rebates directly with patients
A new PhRMA/Ipsos poll finds that there is wide support for policies that require health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers...
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FTC Probe Into Rx Middlemen May Spark Industry Shakeup
Law360 Concerns that pharmaceutical middlemen inflate drug prices and harm patients have led the Federal Trade Commission to launch a...
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Federal Trade Commission And Congress Want To Rein In PBMs
Forbes Both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Congress want to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), as they focus on alleged...
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Ohio Medicaid accused of strong-arm tactics on pharmacies, just like PBMs
The Columbus Dispatch Pharmacy deserts for the poorest and disabled Ohioans could grow unless a dispute over new state Medicaid contracts...
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New Senate bill aims to empower FTC to crack down on PBMs
New bipartisan legislation hopes to ban a pharmacy benefit manager practice that enables PBMs to claw back reimbursements to pharmacies....
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Biden plan to slash pharmacy fees, cut seniors' out-of-pocket costs delayed until 2024
The Columbus Dispatch Millions of U.S. seniors were supposed to get price relief soon on their prescription drugs under a revamp of...
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Vertically integrated payer-provider groups raise antitrust concerns
Modern Healthcare More commercial insurers are overhauling their business models in response to changes ushered in by the Affordable Care...
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Oklahoma pharmacist: 'I can tell you the system is broken'
The Oklahoman When Oklahomans step up to my pharmacy counter, it’s usually because something is wrong. There is chronic disease, pain and...
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Bipartisan pressure may prompt Federal Trade Commission to investigate drug middlemen
The Columbus Dispatch For consumer advocates who contend that only the federal government has a hammer big enough to rein in...
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More than $300 Billion in Health Care Spending Goes to Middlemen. We Need Accountability.
Real Clear Policy Too many people go to the pharmacy counter only to be told the cost of their prescription medicine has gone up. Again....
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Pharmacy Agent Study Would Show Role in Drug Price ‘Dysfunction’
Rebates should get focus in PBM probe, policy watchers say Proprietary data protections can complicate transparency Bloomberg Law The...
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Pinched Pharmacies Pressure FTC to Take Action on Drug Costs
FTC likely to study pharmacy benefit managers Independent pharmacies join criticism of powerful middlemen Bloomberg Law Independent...
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Licensing and Compliance Developments
The National Law Review In response to calls for greater transparency in the prescription drug industry, 2021 continued a nationwide...
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PBMs: When You're Buying Meds They Get The Rebates, You Get The Shaft
Indiana News Radio WIBC Last week a pharmaceutical industry expert named Antonio Ciaccia, testified in front of the Indiana General...
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Reducing Prescription Drug Prices
The Daily Sentinel This year, we are finally making progress in our efforts to bring down the cost of prescription drugs for Ohio...
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