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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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Drug middlemen say Pharma sets prices. Then why do middlemen have hundreds for the same drug?
Ohio Capital Journal Pharmacy middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers deny claims that they’re responsible for the inflating cost of...
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