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The House Committee on Ways & Means will hold a hearing on April 21 titled “ Protecting Patients & Taxpayers: Cracking down on Medicare Fraud .” Mark Blum, managing director of the PBM Accountability Project, issued the following statement: “The PBM Accountability Project welcomes the House Ways & Means Committee’s focus on identifying and addressing fraud in the Medicare program. As lawmakers examine vulnerabilities that drive unnecessary costs for taxpayers and beneficiari

This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing titled, ” Making Medicines More Affordable: How Competition Can Lower Drug Prices .”Mark Blum, managing director of the PBM Accountability Project, issued the following statement:  “This latest hearing comes at a critical moment. What was once a marketplace built on consumer choice and fair negotiation has become increasingly dominated by vertically integrated insurance conglomerat

This week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing titled, “ Protecting Patients and Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars: The Role of CMS in Combatting Medicare and Medicaid Fraud .” Mark Blum, managing director of the PBM Accountability Project, issued the following statement: “The PBM Accountability Project welcomes the Committee’s focus on rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid and urges l

President Trump touched briefly on affordability of healthcare in his record 1 hour and 40-minute State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Mark Blum, managing director of the PBM Accountability Project, issued the following statement: “Affordability of healthcare is a top concern for America’s working families – particularly when it comes to the cost of prescription drugs. President Trump has rightly focused attention on the exploitative business practices of insurance co