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PBM Reform
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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May 25, 20222 min read
Biden plan to slash pharmacy fees, cut seniors' out-of-pocket costs delayed until 2024
The Columbus Dispatch Millions of U.S. seniors were supposed to get price relief soon on their prescription drugs under a revamp of...
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May 2, 20224 min read
Vertically integrated payer-provider groups raise antitrust concerns
Modern Healthcare More commercial insurers are overhauling their business models in response to changes ushered in by the Affordable Care...
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Mar 31, 20229 min read
Oklahoma pharmacist: 'I can tell you the system is broken'
The Oklahoman When Oklahomans step up to my pharmacy counter, it’s usually because something is wrong. There is chronic disease, pain and...
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Mar 28, 20223 min read
Bipartisan pressure may prompt Federal Trade Commission to investigate drug middlemen
The Columbus Dispatch For consumer advocates who contend that only the federal government has a hammer big enough to rein in...
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Mar 25, 20225 min read
More than $300 Billion in Health Care Spending Goes to Middlemen. We Need Accountability.
Real Clear Policy Too many people go to the pharmacy counter only to be told the cost of their prescription medicine has gone up. Again....
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Mar 11, 20222 min read
Pharmacy Agent Study Would Show Role in Drug Price ‘Dysfunction’
Rebates should get focus in PBM probe, policy watchers say Proprietary data protections can complicate transparency Bloomberg Law The...
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Mar 8, 20224 min read
Pinched Pharmacies Pressure FTC to Take Action on Drug Costs
FTC likely to study pharmacy benefit managers Independent pharmacies join criticism of powerful middlemen Bloomberg Law Independent...
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Mar 3, 20224 min read
Pharmacy Benefit Managers Licensing and Compliance Developments
The National Law Review In response to calls for greater transparency in the prescription drug industry, 2021 continued a nationwide...
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Jan 31, 20222 min read
PBMs: When You're Buying Meds They Get The Rebates, You Get The Shaft
Indiana News Radio WIBC Last week a pharmaceutical industry expert named Antonio Ciaccia, testified in front of the Indiana General...
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Jan 28, 20222 min read
Reducing Prescription Drug Prices
The Daily Sentinel This year, we are finally making progress in our efforts to bring down the cost of prescription drugs for Ohio...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
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