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For Too Long, Insulin Manufacturers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers Have Derived Unjust Economic Benefit from Diabetes Patients and State...
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Watch: AG Jeff Landry announces diabetes treatment lawsuit
Louisiana KTAL News Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announces a new lawsuit aimed at protecting diabetic residents from high costs...
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The List of PBM Formulary Exclusions Got Longer in 2023
Pharmacy benefit managers say they exclude high-cost drugs and have alternatives on their formularies. Critics say exclusions narrow...
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Patients Caught in Drug Industry, PBM Battle on Copay Assistance
CMS rule leaves high out-of-pocket costs, lawsuit argues Aid programs ‘mask’ problem of prices, analysts say Bloomberg Law High drug...
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Biden’s SOTU Targets Drug Companies, But Misses Opportunity To Challenge Health Insurers And PBMs
Forbes President Biden’s State of the Union Address hammered home the point that drug prices must come down. He reminded viewers that he...
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‘We Ain’t Gonna Get It’: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
KHN After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the Senate...
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Need a new drug? You may be asked to ‘fail’ an old drug first
New laws target a health insurance practice called “step therapy,” which is used to control costs, but can also delay needed treatment...
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Oklahoma Pharmacy Board unanimously approves new rules for shipping mail-order medications
Oklahoma KFOR News The Oklahoma Pharmacy Board unanimously approved new rules Wednesday that would regulate how Oklahomans receive...
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I wrote about high-priced drugs for years. Then my toddler needed one.
As a health and science reporter, I’ve studied the maze of U.S. health care. But when my son got sick, I still got lost. The Washington...
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With the FTC’s more expansive approach to antitrust, PBMs are in the crosshairs
STAT News The Democrats leading the Federal Trade Commission are hoping to expand the agency’s authority to crack down on unfair business...
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FTC action on PBMs could be just what the doctor ordered to improve patient outcomes
A primer on prescription drug prices, pharmacy benefit managers, government action, and why physicians need to be heard. Medical...
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Federal Trade Commission: A Relationship Gone Sour
JAMA Authors: Barak D. Richman, JD, PhD1; Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS2 On June 7, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its...
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Aspirations 2023: What I Hope To See Happen In Healthcare And Public Health (But Probably Won’t)
Forbes Previously this month, I gave predictions for 2023. Here, I’ll offer some aspirations for the healthcare system in 2023: What I...
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Everyday High Prices
How discounting led to inflation, shortages, and inequality. Washington Monthly Magazine Author: Phillip Longman For years, the only...
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The health insurer will see you now: How UnitedHealth is keeping more profits, as your doctor
STAT News By Bob Herman Next year, UnitedHealth Group — one of the largest health care companies on the planet — expects to make a lot...
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World’s Top-Selling Drug Going Off Patent Means Big Bucks for Middlemen
As AbbVie’s Humira faces copycat biologics, the biggest beneficiaries will be the middlemen negotiating and dispensing the drugs such as...
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What do Ticketmaster and Pharmacy Benefit Managers have in common?
Pacific Research Institute Popular American singer and songwriter, Taylor Swift, released her newest album ‘Midnights’ in October. The...
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How To Get Away With Corporate Murder: Unbundling And Disrupting Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Part 2)
This two-part article was researched and written in partnership with Cathy DuRei, President of Rumbly Health. Part 1 delved into what a...
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How To Get Away With Corporate Murder: Unbundling And Disrupting Pharmacy Benefit Managers (Part 1)
Forbes If, as Mitt Romney said, a corporation is a person, then is it akin to murder if an idea takes down a company? What about if it...
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Oklahoma proposes landmark rule to keep mailed medications safe from extreme temperatures
There is little regulation of how pharmacies ship drugs to patients, though extremes of hot or cold can make medicine unsafe or...
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