Medicare/Medicaid

May 30, 2025 The Honorable Joseph Lombardo  Governor of Nevada  101 N. Carson Street  Carson City, NV 89701 Dear Governor Lombardo, I am reaching out to you today on behalf of Nevada’s independent pharmacies and their patients to respectfully urge you to veto Assembly Bill 259, which would implement prescription drug price controls similar to those established under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act . Community pharmacists are deepl

Duluth News Tribune OPINION: by PUTT President, Deborah Keaveny On March 21, pharmacist Philip Hommerding was busy dispensing medications...

The program was supposed to save the government money. It doesn’t. The Washington Post Editorial Board Republicans in Congress have made...

Talking Points & Analysis of President Donald J. Trump Executive Order: LOWERING  DRUG PRICES BY ONCE AGAIN PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST ...

Newsweek Reporter: Suzanne Blake A Republican lawmaker has gone after UnitedHealthcare over its Medicare plan, calling the insurance...

Over 90% of independent pharmacy owners worry the program would severely hurt their finances, one survey reported. Healthcare Brew...

Author: Brandi Chane, PUTT Executive Board member In the Fall of 2024 we had the opportunity to attend the PDAB Patient Advocacy Summit...

Ohio Capital Journal Pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers deny claims that they’re responsible for the inflating cost of...

Modern Healthcare CVS's in-house middleman for dispensing prescription drugs will pay at least $45 million in a settlement with the state...

Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a new bill that aims to crack down on the business practices of drug supply chain middlemen who allegedly...

The New England Journal of Medicine To download a PDF of this article, click here UnitedHealth Group has recently come under fire. In...

NPR To listen to this NPR report, click here Insurance coverage isn’t what it used to be when it comes to prescription drugs. Insurance...

The 3Axis Advisors analysis suggests PBMs’ spread pricing practices leads to employers being charged different amounts for the same...

RealClear Health The Biden administration is moving forward with a process that represents a sea change in how Medicare pays for drugs....

In the coming days, the federal government will announce whether big health insurers that run the private Medicare Advantage program will...

DC Journal | Inside Sources In his State of the Union address last week, President Biden doubled down on this commitment to decreasing...

Axios Pro Only a handful of health care provisions that mostly extend existing programs are likely to catch a ride on the next government...

Augusta Free Press A bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general is encouraging Congress to take decisive action to reform the way...

HEALTH CARE un-covered by Wendell Potter Regular readers of this newsletter know that pharmacy benefit managers have come to be an...

Modern Healthcare The pharmacy benefit manager industry could look a lot different soon if Congress follows through with bipartisan...