Pharmacy/Independent Pharmacy

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

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their lobbyists have mastered the art of spin. They claim to lower drug prices, increase patient...

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

KAKE News Reporter: Lily O'Brien When dozens of independent Kansas pharmacies close their doors Tuesday night, they won't open back up...

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, AR – In a bold move to enhance patient care and support local pharmacies, lawmakers in Arkansas have introduced a new bill aimed at banning pharmacies owned by the largest, vertically integrated pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from operating in the state. HB1150 is designed to improve patient access to medications, and ensure the sustainability of the state’s independent pharmacies, many operating in small or rural communit

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

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

TheBody Reporter: Tim Murphy I had a shocking revelation recently. For several years here in my New York neighborhood in Queens, I’ve...

Minnesota Star Tribune Reporter: Christopher Snowbeck Critics of the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry protested Friday outside the...

Independent pharmacies leave military health insurance program over low reimbursement rates Roll Call TRICARE is coming under fire for...

State AGs are forging ahead with price-fixing lawsuits FTC appears poised to file its own lawsuit against PBMs Bloomberg Law States are...

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

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

Los Angeles Times In 2022, an executive of a big pharmacy middleman firm acknowledged the noxious reality of its business model: It was...

Modern Healthcare Smaller pharmacy benefit managers may be having more than a moment as some health insurers and employers show the major...

Modern Healthcare Drug middlemen paid their own mail-order pharmacies as much as 200 times more than the price at rival pharmacies for...

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...

Insurance NewsNet U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger joined a bipartisan group of more than 20 U.S. House and U.S. Senate colleagues...