Unravelling the Drug Pricing Blame Game
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, few healthcare issues received as much attention and public discourse as prescription drug prices. The...
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- 7 days ago
PBMs, Big Pharma face off in House hearing
Pharmacy benefit managers emerged as public enemy No. 1 in a congressional hearing Tuesday, underscoring growing bipartisan sympathy for...
- 7 days ago
Howard Dean: ‘At last, Congress proposes drug pricing reform that works’
When I worked as a family physician in Vermont, I wrote countless prescriptions to help patients manage their health. If I were still...
- Sep 18
Leading Healthcare Advocates Urge Passage of Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act
Momentum Building for Legislation that Separates PBM Income from the Price of Prescription Medicines Washington, DC – The PBM...
- Sep 18
PBM Accountability Project Statement on House Share the Savings for Seniors Act
Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) and Scott Peters (CA-50) have...
- Sep 14
Medicare is urged to monitor how rebates affect Part D drug spending, but agency demurs
The U.S. government should monitor the effect that rebates have on Medicare Part D plans and whether these discounts ultimately...
- Sep 13
Medicare patients paid 4 times as much as their drug plans for certain medicines, study finds
Medicare enrollees are paying far more than their prescription-drug plans for dozens of drugs covered under Medicare Part D, according to...
- Sep 12
Generic Drugs Should Be Cheap, but Insurers Are Charging Thousands of Dollars for Them
The cancer drug Gleevec went generic in 2016 and can be bought today for as little as $55 a month. But many patients’ insurance plans are...
- Sep 8
Miller-Meeks, Ross, Carter, Peters Introduce the Share the Savings with Seniors Act
U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) and Scott Peters (CA-50)...
- Sep 1
Disadvantaging Rivals: Vertical Integration in the Pharmaceutical Market
The pharmaceutical market has experienced a massive wave of vertical integration between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and health...
- Aug 24
Mid-Year Updates on PBM Legislation
The Senate Finance Committee recently passed a pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) reform package, one of the most significant steps towards...
- Aug 15
Upcoming DIR Fee Changes Still Causing Concern for Pharmacists
By this point, pharmacists are well aware of the direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee changes that will be implemented at the start...
- Aug 11
Fitting the bill: Pharmacy legislation tackles important issues
President Roosevelt’s signing of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act let the Food and Drug Administration establish category...
- Aug 3
Health Care’s Intertwined Colossus
“Do I enjoy being king? Yes, that’s fun,” said Richard Burke in 1987. He had spent over ten years running a health care nonprofit in...
- Jul 29
How the prescription drug supply chain is killing local pharmacies
The supply chain that brings pharmaceutical drugs from the factory to the pharmacy is long, complex and unclear. Congress and several...
- Jul 28
Senate Finance Committee votes to impose drug pricing standards on PBMs
In a largely harmonious Senate Committee on Finance markup hearing, members supported bipartisan efforts to rein in pharmacy benefit...
- Jul 14
Nearly 2,000 Organizations Urge Congress to Pass PBM Reform
The pressure continues to build against pharmacy benefit managers and their practices that critics say raise drug prices. This time, it’s...
- Jul 13
Financing the healthcare of tomorrow playlist: Tracks for consumers and policymakers
My husband has advanced Lewy Body Dementia and one of the few things we can still enjoy together is listening to music. We used to curate...
- Jul 11
How To Lower Insulin Prices? Focus on the Middleman.
Millions of Americans depend on insulin. And due to price hikes, over 1 million of them have had to ration the drug. That's an outrage....
- Jul 5
Sen. Bill Cassidy: Smart, practical ways to lower drug prices
In the 1952 Oscar-winning movie “High Noon,” Gary Cooper’s face was tense and pained as he single-handedly faced a gang of killers. The...
- Jun 22
Sen. Grassley calls on GOP leaders to rally support for PBM reforms
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to see his party’s leadership turn up the pressure on pharmacy benefit managers. “They talk in such...
- Jun 22
CAPITO, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO LOWER DRUG COSTS, HOLD MASSIVE PBM CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE
Senators’ Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act brings accountability to PBMs, protect patients and small businesses In an effort to...
- Jun 21
Drug middlemen catch flak at another congressional hearing
Drug middlemen once again were on the hot seat at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. The hearing by the House Education and Workforce...
- Jun 21
To Reign in Healthcare Costs, Congress Needs to Keep the Heat on PBMs
The 118th Congress is off to a great start in shining a light on the harmful practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the...
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