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In The News | Weatherford pharmacist joins lawmakers, peers from six states supporting bill at U.S. Capitol
Weatherford Democrat Reporter: Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com A Weatherford pharmacist joined members of Congress and her peers from six states in Washington on Friday to raise support for a bill to rein in the pricing power of Pharmacy Benefit Managers. “Our country is facing an epidemic of pharmacy closures,” Brandi Chane, owner of Davis City Pharmacy on the courthouse square, said at a press conference below the Capitol dome. She and the others were there to ra
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Oct 1, 20242 min read
Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill aiming to crack down on drug middlemen as scrutiny ramps up
Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a new bill that aims to crack down on the business practices of drug supply chain middlemen who allegedly...
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Jul 23, 20244 min read
Spanberger Joins More Than 20 Colleagues in a Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort Urging the Defense Health Agency to Increase Oversight of Its Exclusive Contract with Express Scripts
Insurance NewsNet U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger joined a bipartisan group of more than 20 U.S. House and U.S. Senate colleagues...
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Jul 5, 20246 min read
Independent pharmacists start ads asking Congress for relief from PBMs, ask Supreme Court to hear a case
Northern Kentucky Tribune Independent community pharmacists have begun an advertising campaign to get Congress to rein in pharmacy...
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Jun 17, 20242 min read
The Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Impact: Beware This Faustian Deal
RealClear Health The Biden administration is moving forward with a process that represents a sea change in how Medicare pays for drugs....
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May 29, 20244 min read
PBM executives invited to testify before House panel
STAT+ Executives from the three major pharmacy benefit manager companies have been invited to testify before the House Committee on...
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May 21, 20241 min read
Lawmakers slam UnitedHealth chief over Change Healthcare attack
Modern Healthcare UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty endured withering criticism from lawmakers Wednesday as Congress held a pair of...
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May 1, 20245 min read
Congress Has A Big Chance To Investigate A Financial Threat To Patients
Forbes Following an enormous cyberattack on a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the Senate Finance Committee has called the company's...
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Apr 24, 20242 min read
The federal government will soon announce its payment rates and policy changes for the Medicare Advantage program. Here's how you can influence their decision.
In the coming days, the federal government will announce whether big health insurers that run the private Medicare Advantage program will...
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Mar 30, 20243 min read
Press Release | PUTT: New Laws Give New Mexicans Insight Into Prescription Drug Pricing, Maintaining Access to Community Pharmacies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2024 Governor Lujan Grisham, State Legislature “Draw a Line in the Sand” by Requiring Transparency Reporting and Fair Community Pharmacy Reimbursements SANTA FE, NM (March 13, 2024) – Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) applauds New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the State Legislature for enacting HB 33, the “Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act”, which requires organizations that set or influence the price co
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Mar 12, 20242 min read
Upended: Can PBM Transparency Succeed?
Simmering tensions in the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry have turned into fault lines. The PBMs challenging the "big three"...
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Mar 7, 202412 min read
White House Roundtable on Lowering Healthcare Costs and Bringing Transparency to Prescription Drug Middlemen
ICYMI: Watch It Now
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
Press Release | Pharmacists Rally at Illinois State Capitol to Support Increased State Oversight of Prescription Drug Middlemen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2024 Community Pharmacists Call Attention to Increasing Prescription Drug Costs, Decreased Access to Care and Emerging Pharmacy Deserts Correlated to Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices SPRINGFIELD, IL (March 5, 2024) – Illinois pharmacists will gather at the State Capitol today to rally in support of HB 4548 and SB 2790 , proposed legislation which would eliminate controversial practices by prescription drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefit
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Mar 5, 20243 min read
Scoop: Congress eyes narrow health package
Axios Pro Only a handful of health care provisions that mostly extend existing programs are likely to catch a ride on the next government...
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Feb 26, 20242 min read
Coalition of AGs wants congressional action to reform pharmacy benefit managers
Augusta Free Press A bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general is encouraging Congress to take decisive action to reform the way...
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Feb 21, 20242 min read
Bill would save Kentucky consumers money, help independent pharmacies survive, says sponsor
Kentucky Lantern Four years after leading the effort to cut corporate middlemen out of the prescription drug business for Kentucky’s...
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Feb 14, 20242 min read
Strange bedfellows agree: PBM pricing reform cannot stop at Medicare, Medicaid
HEALTH CARE un-covered by Wendell Potter Regular readers of this newsletter know that pharmacy benefit managers have come to be an...
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Feb 3, 20243 min read
How PBM legislation would transform the industry
Modern Healthcare The pharmacy benefit manager industry could look a lot different soon if Congress follows through with bipartisan...
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Jan 30, 20244 min read
Feds drop appeal in drug copay assistance case
Modern Healthcare The federal government has dropped its appeal of a court decision that could affect health insurance companies' use of...
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Jan 25, 20242 min read
Delaware committee advises against Medicare Advantage for state retirees
Becker's Payer Issues A state committee is recommending Delaware cast aside any plans to provide retired state employees health benefits...
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Jan 24, 20241 min read
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