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In The News | Guest column: Price caps on medications will disrupt Oregon health care
Oregon Bend Bulletin Author: Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director The 85 community and independent pharmacies in Oregon are on the...
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In The News | Letters: Rural residents & veterans need a fair system. PBMs hinder that.
NoLa.com Author: Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director Recently guest essayist Rob Maness suggested banning pharmacy benefit managers...
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In The News | PBM markets are at risk of harming patients
WebWire The American Medical Association (AMA) today published a new annual analysis (PDF) measuring competition in pharmacy benefit...
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In The News | As pharmacies close, Ohio Chamber blasted for siding with middlemen
Ohio Capital Journal Reporter: Marty Schladen Owners of small pharmacies — many themselves members of local chambers of commerce — are...
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In the News | The White House Can Lower Drug Prices By Fixing The Market, Not Price Controls
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...
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In The News | Statewide View: Middlemen costing pharmacies money, Minnesotans their pharmacies
Duluth News Tribune OPINION: by PUTT President, Deborah Keaveny On March 21, pharmacist Philip Hommerding was busy dispensing medications...
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In the News | Stopping a ‘moral obscenity’: Senate Judiciary Committee expresses support for PBM reform
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, suggested Congress could once again move to overhaul PBMs’ controversial business practices after it passes...
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In the News | To cut ‘waste and fraud,’ reform Medicare Advantage
The program was supposed to save the government money. It doesn’t. The Washington Post Editorial Board Republicans in Congress have made...
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PUTT Blog | President Trump Executive Order Analysis from Boesen & Snow Law Firm
Talking Points & Analysis of President Donald J. Trump Executive Order: LOWERING DRUG PRICES BY ONCE AGAIN PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST ...
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PUTT Blog | The Shadow Groups Attempting to Stall PBM Reform
Whenever lawmakers begin discussing Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reform, a familiar pattern emerges: new advocacy groups, often with...
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In the News | UnitedHealthcare 'Pushing' Boundaries of Medicare Fraud, Republican Says
Newsweek Reporter: Suzanne Blake A Republican lawmaker has gone after UnitedHealthcare over its Medicare plan, calling the insurance...
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In the News | MIDDLE MAN vs. LITTLE MAN: Mississippi’s small, independent pharmacies ask for help from legislature
The Natchez Democrat Reporter: Jan Griffey A Natchez pharmacist is applauding legislation being considered by the Mississippi House and...
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In the News | Why independent pharmacies are pushing back on Medicare’s drug price negotiation program
Over 90% of independent pharmacy owners worry the program would severely hurt their finances, one survey reported. Healthcare Brew...
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In the News | Unions file suit against drug middlemen, insulin makers on behalf of thousands
Michigan Advance Reporter: Marty Schladen Unions that provide health benefits to nearly a half-million workers — including many in Ohio —...
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In the News | NEWS RELEASE: OptumRx and Walgreens Sued Over the Death of Twenty-Two-Year-Old Who Couldn’t Afford His Asthma Medication
For further information or an interview or a copy of the complaint, contact Michael Trunk at michael.trunk@klinespecter.com . APPLETON,...
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In the News | How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs’ Grip on Drug Prices
KFF Health News Reporter: Arthur Allen Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that shape the...
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Killing Indie Pharmacies and Limiting Patient Choice
TheBody Reporter: Tim Murphy I had a shocking revelation recently. For several years here in my New York neighborhood in Queens, I’ve...
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Rally outside Optum HQ spotlights debate over pharmacy benefits managers
Minnesota Star Tribune Reporter: Christopher Snowbeck Critics of the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry protested Friday outside the...
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Higher Drug Costs, Less Choice: How PBMs Affect Everyday Americans’ Healthcare
Forbes Forbes Contributor: Rita Numerof The nation’s attention remains fixed on pharmacy benefit managers. Following a series of House...
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States Keep Legal Pressure on PBMs Ahead of Potential FTC Suit
State AGs are forging ahead with price-fixing lawsuits FTC appears poised to file its own lawsuit against PBMs Bloomberg Law States are...
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