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In Defense of Americans Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers
TownHall When I served as a White House health advisor, I invited a group of large employers to come describe the challenges company...

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What the Inflation Reduction Act means for PBMs
Modern Healthcare The sweeping law President Joe Biden enacted Tuesday offers relief to some presciption drug users, but the pharmacy...

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Lowering insulin’s cost becomes political football
Yet Democrats and Republicans agree something must be done The Gazette Insulin has become the poster-child drug when it comes to the...

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Judge approves Blue Cross Blue Shield $2.67B antitrust settlement
Modern Healthcare A federal judge approved Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies’ $2.67 billion antitrust settlement on Tuesday. Barring...

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UnitedHealth and DOJ trial begins: handling sensitive data
UnitedHealth Group Inc. will gain access to “vast amounts of data” on how rival insurers do business if its proposed acquisition of...

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FTC Caught in Balancing Act With Pharmacy Benefit Manager Probe
PBM group says independent pharmacies are ‘stable’ ‘Need to understand’ what’s happening with drug supply chain, consumer costs Bloomberg...

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It’s time to expose the secret drug scam at the heart of American health care
Yahoo Finance/Fortune A federal court recently exposed the rot at the heart of America's healthcare system. The case, filed in the U.S....

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Healthcare Policy Expert: FTC Could Put Insurers' Drug Middlemen On A Diet
The Federal Trade Commission has an opportunity to impact healthcare for Americans. Newsweek Fat can sometimes cause healthcare issues,...

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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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FTC Goes After PBMs, Warns Of Legal Action
Forbes Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously (5-0) to examine rising list prices of insulin, but also to probe...

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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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Lawmakers ask GAO to probe pharmacy benefit managers over their role in drug pricing
STAT News Amid intensifying scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, a group of House Republicans is urging the U.S. Government...

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Beat cancer? Your Medicare Advantage plan might still be billing for it
Firms mined patient records for outdated, irrelevant conditions to increase profits, Justice Department contends The Washington Post...

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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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Industry middlemen driving up prices of generic drug prescriptions as much as 20 percent: research
The Hill U.S. consumers are overpaying billions for generic drugs due to the cost being driven up by middlemen in the pharmaceutical...

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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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AHA presses for False Claims Act probes to target payers over Medicare Advantage denials
The Justice Department needs to create a task force to study potential False Claims Act violations conducted by Medicare Advantage plans,...

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