PBM Issues

Real Clear Health Reporter: Justin Leventhal In the past decade, independent drugstores have been vanishing, especially in low-income, minority, and rural communities, in part due to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) having rigged the system in favor of their own pharmacies. By steering patients to in-house pharmacies and squeezing independent pharmacies with hidden fees,  PBMs are driving local pharmacies out of business . This loss of competition hits vulnerable communities

Are We Talking About the Same Middlemen?  Following President Trump’s announcement today of “TrumpRx”, a new executive initiative to help lower patient drug costs, we thought  for a minute the Chief Executive might have gotten pharmacies confused with PBMs.  Currently there are not enough details to know exactly what TrumpRx is or how it would work, but we can all agree that patient safety cannot be compromised by removing access to trusted pharmacy professionals. Even if Tru

Author: Kayla Copeland At the heart of Tennessee’s PBM reforms is the Maximum Allowable Cost (MAC) law. A MAC is the reimbursement cap a...

NoLa.com Author: Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director Recently guest essayist Rob Maness suggested banning pharmacy benefit managers...

Northwest Arkansas Gazette Reporter: Nathan Ansell Twelve pharmacy benefit managers have been found in violation of a rule requiring...

WebWire The American Medical Association (AMA) today published a  new annual analysis  (PDF) measuring competition in pharmacy benefit...

Ohio Capital Journal Reporter: Marty Schladen Owners of small pharmacies — many themselves members of local chambers of commerce — are...

The Federalist Author: Drew Johnson Why do we have a medical system in this country where too many people can’t get the treatment that...

May 27, 2025 Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force  United States Department of Justice  950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW  Washington, DC 20530 Re: Anticompetitive Practices by Vertically Integrated Health Insurers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers Dear Members of the Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force: I am writing on behalf of the independent pharmacy members of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) to bring to your attention the urgent need for antitrust enforcem

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...

Let’s cut the nonsense: pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) aren’t just shady middlemen—they’re operating a masterclass in anti-competitive...

The state officials claim that ownership limits competition Consumer Affairs Reporter: Mark Huffman Key takeaways State attorneys general...

KRCR ABC News7 Reporter: AUSTIN DENEAN | The National News Desk The House is renewing a push to take on pharmacy benefit managers that...

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

Michigan Advance Reporter: Marty Schladen Unions that provide health benefits to nearly a half-million workers — including many in Ohio —...

For further information or an interview or a copy of the complaint, contact Michael Trunk at michael.trunk@klinespecter.com . APPLETON,...

KFF Health News Reporter: Arthur Allen Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that shape the...

Ohio Capital Journal reporter: Marty Schladen Huge health conglomerates have another reason to worry that their business model might be disrupted. On a visit to Columbus Monday, one of the country’s top antitrust watchdogs said her agency is taking a hard look at the businesses and their practices. Doha Mekki, the No. 2 official in the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, said her agency is investigating whether it should take action in the health care space generall

CNN Reporter: Tami Luhby , CNN The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit...