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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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Mar 2, 20232 min read
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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Mar 1, 20233 min read
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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Feb 18, 20235 min read
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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Feb 17, 20235 min read
‘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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Feb 16, 20236 min read
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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Feb 10, 20234 min read
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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Feb 8, 20232 min read
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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Feb 7, 20232 min read
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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Feb 1, 20233 min read
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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Jan 30, 20233 min read
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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Jan 5, 20235 min read
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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Jan 4, 20235 min read
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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Dec 29, 20226 min read
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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Nov 29, 20223 min read
Oklahoma proposes landmark rule to keep mailed medications safe from extreme temperatures
There is little regulation of how pharmacies ship drugs to patients, though extremes of hot or cold can make medicine unsafe or...
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Nov 18, 20223 min read
A Stethoscope for Spending: Transparency for PBMs
Real Clear Health At its invention, the stethoscope was revolutionary—the first non-lethal way of exploring a patient’s internal anatomy....
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Aug 29, 20222 min read
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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Aug 18, 20223 min read
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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Aug 16, 20226 min read
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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Jul 31, 20224 min read
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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Jul 12, 20224 min read
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