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Health Insurers Don’t Want You to Know Where Your Money Is Going
Employers are fighting for data that they say shows how their health plans overpay for care Bloomberg Reporter: John Tozzi Employers are...
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In a Golden Age of Cancer Care, PBMs Are Holding Us Back
We must stop predatory and destructive behaviors MedPage Today *Patient name has been changed We're living in a remarkable time for...
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Patient harmed, 1,800 doses of controlled drugs lost at CVS pharmacy, regulator says
Ohio Capitol Journal Reporter: MARTY SCHLADEN Pharmacy giant CVS continues to call them “isolated incidents” even after reports emerged...
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Nearly 2,000 Organizations Urge Congress to Pass PBM Reform
A coalition of nearly 2,000 employers, patient advocates, pharmacies, providers and businesses sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday...
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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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Former Gov. Jane Swift testifies on medication access
The Salem News Former Gov. Jane Swift will return to the Beacon Hill spotlight this week when she adds her voice to growing debate about...
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1 in 5 older adults skipped or delayed medications last year because of cost
Rising inflation and high prescription drug costs are thought to be responsible. NBC News A growing number of older adults say they can’t...
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House panel advances bill to promote PBM transparency
Modern Healthcare Pharmacy benefit managers would be subject to new transparency rules under legislation that cleared a key House...
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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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Powerful Senate duo drops a bipartisan PBM reform plan
STAT+ The chair and ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday unveiled a bipartisan list of overarching reforms to...
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Pharmacy benefit managers are picking patients' pockets
Washington Examiner Pharmacy benefit managers are in the congressional hot seat. Last Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee held a...
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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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Drug middlemen switch tactics, but the outcome is the same: high prices
STAT+ News Prescription drug middlemen are shifting away from rebates that have been blamed in part for rising brand drug list prices and...
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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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NACDS Praises New Congressional Investigation of PBMs
U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee expands bipartisan Congressional push to stop pharmaceutical benefit manipulation by...
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APhA releases survey results quantifying the impact of PBMs
American Pharmacists Association PBM reform efforts have long been keystone issues for APhA’s members. In support of renewed interest in...
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Put in Crosshairs of Drug Price Fight
House probe requests data from top PBMs, Broad supply chain transparency needed, analysts say Bloomberg Law A House investigation into...
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Private Health Care Companies Are Eating the American Economy
A new report from Wendell Potter at the Center for Health and Democracy examines just how the private insurance market makes its...
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Workplace health plans pay up to 30 times more than Medicare for specialty drugs
Policies to reduce employer-sponsored insurance prices for physician-administered drugs are needed because they threaten access to...
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Senate bill aims to crack down on how drug company ‘middlemen’ negotiate prices
Yahoo News It’s something many people have likely never heard of, but they play a big role in how much money you pay for prescription...
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