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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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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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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It’s Time To End the PBM Shakedown
Forbes Who says bipartisanship is dead? In the House and Senate, members of both parties are advancing legislation to check the power of...
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Pharmacy closures found to be impacting medically underserved communities
Medical Press Pharmacies have long been considered a cornerstone of community health care, but they're closing in record numbers across...
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Drug Benefit Firms Devise New Fees That Go to Them, Not Clients
Pharmacy benefit managers negotiate cheaper prices for employers and health plans. They also pocket drugmakers’ cash. Bloomberg Pharmacy...
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How the prescription drug supply chain is killing local pharmacies
To watch this investigative report on PBS, please click here PBS NewsHour Reporter: Fred de Sam Lazaro The supply chain that brings...
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3-Part Investigative Series on PBMs & Copay Accumulators
ABC 6 On Your Side, Columbus, Ohio Investigative Reporter: Darrel Rowland To view graphics and data for this investigative series, go to...
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Cigna lawsuit over algorithm allegations could be first of many
Modern Healthcare Reporter: NONA TEPPER Two Cigna members filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status in a California federal court on...
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“Corners are cut to dispense prescriptions,” CVS employee tells Ohio Board of Pharmacy
After years of buying and closing competitors, CVS understaffing leads to chaos and delays, Ohio regulator says Ohio Capitol Journal At...
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Another Dispatch From the Accumulator-Maximizer Wars
Vanderbilt’s Stacie Dusetzina and colleagues explain how the ‘copay adjustment’ programs work in this week’s JAMA Internal Medicine and...
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How to Fix the National Drug Shortage
The New York Times The Times reported last month that drug shortages in the United States are approaching record levels, with thousands...
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Denials of health-insurance claims are rising — and getting weirder
Washington Post Opinion Author: Elisabeth Rosenthal Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience: filing a...
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Patients Often Lose in the Battle between Pharma and PBMs
Over the last five years, both PBMs and drug manufacturers have implemented restrictions that put more of the costs for specialty...
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Report: “Specialty” drugs are by far the most expensive, but classification seems arbitrary
Ohio Capital Journal The prescriptions with the most eye-popping price tags — like cancer meds that can cost more than $20,000 a month —...
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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your...
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Patients Lose Access to Free Medicines Amid Spat Between Drugmakers, Health Plans
Pharmaceutical companies have cut financial assistance to thwart health-plan tactics The Wall Street Journal It is getting tougher for...
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The Implications of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Prioritizing Profit Over Patients
HCP Live Click Here to Watch the Video of Juliana Reed's Talk Juliana Reed, MS, executive director of the Biosimilars Forum, discussed...
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Prescription drug middlemen are bad for patients, crushing indy pharmacies
Minnesota Reformer Kemper Drug in Elk River recently closed its doors for the last time after having served the community for over 70...
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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need
STAT+ News An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered...
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