Replacing White Bagging Mandates With Market Competition Will Improve Patient Outcome
Wayne Winegarden, PhD, of the Pacific Research Institute, explains the harm that white bagging policies cause health systems and how...
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Four in 10 Americans Cut Spending to Cover Healthcare Costs
One in four adults are skipping care or medicine due to rising costs Two-fifths are concerned about affording needed care in next six...
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Cut the Red Tape Preventing Medication Access
MedPage Today A 6-year-old boy with asthma visits his doctor, who prescribes a daily inhaler. His grandmother goes to pick it up at the...
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Local Opinion: FTC is right to investigate pharmacy benefit managers
Sharon Joseph Special to the Arizona Daily Star As someone who works closely with the patient community, I feel it is my responsibility...
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These 'Rebates' Don't Result in Savings
Real Clear Policy Two former Trump administration officials have taken to the Wall Street Journal to defend the practices of pharmacy...
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Hospitals and for-profit PBMs are diverting billions in 340B savings from patients in need
STAT News America’s economically disadvantaged patients can point in two directions when talking about what is wrong with the 340B Drug...
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Consumer Alert: Paying too much for prescription drugs? A middleman may be to blame
NBC News 10 New York Investigative Reporter Deanna Dewberry Do you ever wonder why your prescription drugs cost so much? If you nodded...
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Pharmacy Benefit Mafia: The Secret Health Care Monopolies Jacking Up Drug Prices Abusing Patients
American Economic Liberties Project The Federal Trade Commission is currently planning to investigate Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)...
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Guest Column: PBMs are hurting Texans with disabilities
The Marshall News Messenger Rising drug and health care costs affect everyone, but individuals with disabilities — generally the lowest...
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AG Balderas Announces $13.7 Million Settlement With Centene Corporation Over PBM Investigation
…Ongoing Investigation of remaining PBMs in New Mexico in Partnership with Superintendent of Insurance Los Alamos Daily Post Today, New...
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Congress should shield patients from deceptive policies that increase their medication costs
The Hill Even before the pandemic upended life as we know it, patients were struggling to afford many of their medications. Now, as...
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Prior Authorization Continues to Burden Physicians, Adversely Impact Treatment, Survey Finds
New survey from American Medical Association identifies the continued burden of prior authorizations on physicians. Managed Healthcare...
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Medical Middlemen: Broken system making it harder for hospitals & patients to get life-saving drugs
CBS News 60 Minutes American hospitals have been living with serious drug shortages for more than a decade. Most days, nearly 300...
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Rein in profiteering by drug-industry middlemen
The Marshall News Messenger The Federal Trade Commission recently requested public comments on the impact of drug-industry middlemen on...
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Senators decry lack of 'sunlight' on PBM processes, push for reforms in transparency
Senators blasted the PBM industry for charging pharmacies direct and indirect remuneration fees after the facility has dispensed drugs to...
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Asking the Wrong Questions
In attempts to mislead the public, lobbyists answer the wrong questions. People of good faith should respond not by disputing these...
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Good, go after rising drug prices. But first target the real problem
Arizona Republic As a pharmacist and advocate for the patients I serve, I was disappointed to read the details on U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly’s...
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Rein In Profiteering by Drug-Industry Middlemen
Inside Sources The Federal Trade Commission recently requested public comments on the effect of drug-industry middlemen on drug...
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NCCN Panel: How White Bagging Is Tied to High Drug Costs
With white bagging, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) require certain high-cost drugs to be shipped from their own specialty pharmacies to...
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Angela Storseth-Cooper Describes PBM Influence in Community Oncology, State-Level Interventions
Involvement of physicians and community oncology practices is key to ensure pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) adhere to state-level...
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