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Dec 3, 2020

Secret Rebates: Why Patients Pay $600 for Drugs That Cost $300

(Bloomberg) -- Robyn Curtis, a staff adviser at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, has a 13-year-old daughter with ...

Dec 3, 2020

In the era of COVID-19, states need practical solutions to address health care costs

The vast human and economic devastation of the coronavirus is evident in the numbers: more than 100,000 American lives lost, 1.9 million ...

Dec 3, 2020

States Should Think Long-Term When Addressing Their Short-Term Fiscal Crises

Just prior to the pandemic, many states were finally recovering from the fiscal crises created by the 2007-09 recession. But, as with s...

Dec 3, 2020

SIDE EFFECTS: An ongoing investigation on the rising costs of prescription drugs

The Dispatch has spent the past year uncovering how PBMs operate in Ohio and the rest of the country. Here's what you need to know from o...

Dec 3, 2020

Sweeney Recommends NJ Pharmacy Benefits Manager Initiative to New Hampshire Legislature

Trenton – Senate President Steve Sweeney today recommended New Jersey’s Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) initiative to New Hampshire leg...

Dec 3, 2020

Editorial: A reckoning is coming for PBMs

Earlier this month, a Medicare recipient with drug coverage filled a prescription at a Concord branch of a major pharmacy chain. The ph...

Dec 3, 2020

Ohio prescription drug costs: One huge contract for all state, local employees could save big bucks

A state panel of government, business and consumer advocates released sweeping recommendations Monday aimed at reducing consumer drug p...

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