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FTC Deepens Inquiry into Prescription Drug Middlemen
Agency issues orders to companies affiliated with CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Prime Therapeutics as it examines the PBMs’ impact...

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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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Prescription-drug costs in spotlight as pharmacy benefit reform advances in Senate
Drugmakers, prescription-drug middlemen trade jabs over high cost of medications MarketWatch A bipartisan effort to rein in prescription...

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Will Senate Hearing Expose PBMs’ Unscrupulous Drug Pricing Tactics?
Forbes Today , Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will haul executives from three insulin manufacturers and three pharmacy benefit managers...

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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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Another powerful congressional committee is ready to take on PBMs
STAT+ House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer plans to hold a hearing on the results of an investigation into the business...

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Bipartisan Senate plan would regulate PBM compensation, target ‘unfair’ drug price hikes
Healio Key takeaways: The bipartisan plan would decouple pharmacy benefit manager compensation from drug prices, among other reforms. The...

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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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Pharmacy benefit manager trade assoc. increased federal lobbying spending amid drug pricing scrutiny
Open Secrets Pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen of the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain, are under the microscope for their role in...

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What is transparency? 6 things to look for in a PBM contract
Apparently, everyone is for transparency now. So why do employers and their brokers still struggle to understand prescription drug...

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Move the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2022 forward
CT Mirror “I cannot afford to live.” – Patients are screaming at the outrageous prescription drug costs. The U.S. spends three times more...

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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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National Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Congressional Efforts to Hold PBMs Accountable
Bipartisan Respondents Strongly Favor Policies that Require PBMs to Provide Value and Lower Drug Costs PBM Accountability Project With...

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Senate Commerce approves PBM transparency bill
Axios Pro The Senate Commerce Committee approved the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act Wednesday on an 18-9 vote. Why...

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MN pharmacies in crisis: Pharmacists push for bill to change prescription payment business model
KIMT3 News Reporter: Annalise Johnson “We care about every part of your healthcare and your life. We do our best for that. We do more...

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Court of Appeal affirms that Optum’s arbitration requirements are unenforceable
Rx Healthcare Law Author: Natalia Mazina The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District has just affirmed the holding of a...

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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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LIPA Statement of Support for Attorney General Landry's Insulin Lawsuit
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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