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Senate Finance Committee targets PBM reform in new legislation
The bill (which passed unanimously) would introduce more transparency and regulation to PBMs, and pharmacies would be required to report...
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Nov 16, 20233 min read


Biden's limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say
CBS News The Biden administration's first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug...
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Nov 14, 20235 min read


IAM Healthcare launches campaign to unionize retail pharmacy workers
CNN Business Retail pharmacy workers have told CNN that their employers have left them severely overworked and understaffed. These harsh...
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Nov 11, 20235 min read


Ohio pharmacy board members seem skeptical of CVS claims
Ohio Capital Journal A disciplinary hearing related to understaffing at some CVS pharmacies in Ohio didn’t come to a conclusion...
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Nov 10, 20234 min read


Study Highlights PBMs’ Role in Drug Prices
An analysis by 3 Axis Advisors has found that there is a large variability in pharmacy reimbursement of prescription drugs depending on...
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Nov 9, 20233 min read


Key Senate panel to consider PBM, drug pricing reform package
STAT+ A key Senate panel announced it will consider more policies to regulate pharmacy middlemen and ensure patients aren’t paying more...
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Nov 7, 20233 min read


How the secrecy of middlemen inflates drug prices
The Hill Most Americans believe drugs cost too much and big pharma is to blame. That powerful political sentiment undergirds Medicare’s...
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Oct 25, 20234 min read


Ending Junk Fees, the Most Annoying Thing in American Commerce
Cheating is pervasive in American business, epitomized by the junk fee. Finally, FTC Chair Lina Khan and CFPB Director Rohit Chopra are...
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Oct 23, 20237 min read


Hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage left and right
Beckers Hospital Review Reporter: Jakob Emerson Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation's seniors,...
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Oct 21, 20234 min read


HHS 'copay accumulator' rule struck down: Insurers must now count copay assistance
In a big victory for patients who depend on prescription drugs, a federal judge struck down a 2021 HHS rule that allowed health insurers...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read


Hawaii Targets PBMs With Suit Alleging Unfair Pricing System
COURT: Haw. Dist. Ct. DOCKET: No. 1CCV-23-0001281 Bloomberg Law Hawaii has joined the legal fray against the country’s top companies...
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Oct 12, 20232 min read


CVS Caremark sued over back-end pharmacy fees
Axios Community pharmacies in a new lawsuit claim CVS Health and its Caremark pharmacy benefit manager violated antitrust laws and...
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Oct 7, 20232 min read


Letters scare local Medicare patients
WAND News Two local pharmacies have been fielding dozens of phone calls after a pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, sent out...
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Oct 6, 20232 min read


Court strikes down Trump-era rule that allowed health insurers to broadly use copay accumulators
STAT+ A U.S. judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that allowed health insurers not to count copay assistance offered by drug...
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Oct 5, 20234 min read


Independent pharmacies appeal mandatory arbitration ruling to IL Supreme Court
Cuker: OptumRx arbitration provision is 'basically rigged' Madison-St. Clair Record A group of independently-owned pharmacies are urging...
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Sep 20, 20235 min read


Generic Drugs Should Be Cheap, but Insurers Are Charging Thousands of Dollars for Them
Health insurers mark up prices of generics for cancer, multiple sclerosis and other complicated diseases The Wall Street Journal The...
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Sep 18, 20235 min read


PUTT Letter to Chair Khan | Support for FTC Updated Merger Guidelines
September 18, 2023 Office of the Secretary Federal Trade Commission 400 7th St., SW Washington, DC 20024 RE: Support for the Federal Trade Commission's Draft Updated Guidelines for Mergers Chairwoman Khan and Commissioners, On behalf of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT), an organization that unites pharmacists and pharmacy stakeholders dedicated to promoting honesty, clarity, and the public’s right to transparent healthcare practices, I write to express
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Sep 17, 20235 min read


It’s time to put patients before middlemen and reform the PBM industry
The Hill | Opinion When it comes to the alphabet soup of acronyms in health care, it can be hard to keep up. Whether it is the difference...
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Sep 15, 20233 min read


Drug Prices Are Too Damn High
It's been a long road to Medicare price negotiation ... and there's still work to be done MedPage Today Remember the "Rent is Too Damn...
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Sep 7, 20235 min read


It’s not just CVS. Other big pharmacy chains cut hours, close stores
Ohio Capital Journal Walmart is cutting hours at its busy pharmacies, while Rite Aid — which is already selling off stores — is expected...
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Sep 5, 20233 min read
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