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Upended: Can PBM Transparency Succeed?
Simmering tensions in the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry have turned into fault lines. The PBMs challenging the "big three"...

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White House Roundtable on Lowering Healthcare Costs and Bringing Transparency to Prescription Drug Middlemen
ICYMI: Watch It Now

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First Look: PBM probe update
Axios Vitals Pharmacy benefit managers aren't fully complying with a federal probe into their business practices more than a year and a...

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Scoop: Congress eyes narrow health package
Axios Pro Only a handful of health care provisions that mostly extend existing programs are likely to catch a ride on the next government...

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Coalition of AGs wants congressional action to reform pharmacy benefit managers
Augusta Free Press A bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general is encouraging Congress to take decisive action to reform the way...

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The Albatross Around America’s Neck: How health-care opacity neutralizes competition and fuels a corporate race to corner health-care markets
HEALTH CARE un-covered Authors: WENDELL POTTER & BRIAN KLEPPER Consolidating and cornering health-care markets In November, Optum...

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Bill would save Kentucky consumers money, help independent pharmacies survive, says sponsor
Kentucky Lantern Four years after leading the effort to cut corporate middlemen out of the prescription drug business for Kentucky’s...

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2024: A Pivotal Year in Curbing Pharmacy Costs
2024 stands at a critical juncture in the battle against soaring pharmacy costs. MedCity News 2024 stands at a critical juncture in the...

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The hidden truth behind rising prescription costs
NBC News 12 Wisconsin The only pharmacy in St Germain closed last month. It had been there for more than 40 years. The reason why it went...

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Strange bedfellows agree: PBM pricing reform cannot stop at Medicare, Medicaid
HEALTH CARE un-covered by Wendell Potter Regular readers of this newsletter know that pharmacy benefit managers have come to be an...

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Local pharmacy owner, patient share concerns over relationships between PBMs and insurance companies
Fox News 2 For nearly 30 years, Betty Whitcomb’s trusted this independently owned pharmacy in Overland for her pills. “He just lets me...

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How PBM legislation would transform the industry
Modern Healthcare The pharmacy benefit manager industry could look a lot different soon if Congress follows through with bipartisan...

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Feds drop appeal in drug copay assistance case
Modern Healthcare The federal government has dropped its appeal of a court decision that could affect health insurance companies' use of...

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Delaware committee advises against Medicare Advantage for state retirees
Becker's Payer Issues A state committee is recommending Delaware cast aside any plans to provide retired state employees health benefits...

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1 big thing: Employers in the dark
Axios Vitals Employers are facing stronger legal requirements to ensure they aren't wasting their workers' money on overpriced health...

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Small Business Needs PBM Reform Now
RealClear Health Small businesses -- your favorite local coffee shop, boutique, salon and florist -- punch way above their weight in the...

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Tenth Circuit Decision on Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers Remains in Place As Oklahoma Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
Duane Morris Law A decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which found that several provisions of an...

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NACDS unveils new spot on PBM reform
Chain Drug Review A new television ad from NACDS urges Congress to enact bipartisan pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms that it has...

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The House passed its health bill. How's the Senate doing?
Axios Pro The House's passage of its big health care transparency bill this week shifts the focus to the Senate, which will have to work...

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Pharma has little visibility into the growing area of PBM fees
Lack of consistent insight into PBM service fees puts drugmakers at a disadvantage when calculating prices. MM+M | Medical Marketing &...

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