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In 1979, I started working at my first independent pharmacy. I was an intern, trying to complete the required 750 intern hours. I worked...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is calling on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to immediately hold floor votes on pharmacy benefit manager...

The letter, sent on behalf of 39 state attorneys general to leaders in Congress, comes as lawmakers consider legislation to...

he most common asthma inhaler for children was discontinued at the start of this year, forcing parents and pediatricians to scramble to...

The Federal Trade Commission is exploring how drug distributors and group-purchasing organizations may be contributing to ongoing...

The Biden White House continues to promote its effort to lower prescription drug prices by going after “Big Pharma.” But while that...

Thursday, when senators questioned three Big Pharma CEOs about the high price of drugs in the U.S., Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...

Express Scripts, the company that handles drug transactions for West Virginia public employees has — in some cases — paid itself more...

2024 stands at a critical juncture in the battle against soaring pharmacy costs. In 2023, prescription drug costs rose by 8.4%, a 31%...

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to the President and CEO of CVS Health Karen Lynch and Executive Vice President of CVS Health...

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) are leading 12 of their colleagues in urging the Federal Trade Commission...

Employers are facing stronger legal requirements to ensure they aren't wasting their workers' money on overpriced health insurance, at...

If you think bipartisanship is hard, it’s even harder when it comes to healthcare. But there’s one thing nearly everyone agrees on –...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a letter to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Medicare Part D Plans,...

Decades of drug price inflation have reached a fever pitch that finally has lawmakers in both political parties itching for action. But,...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee teed up a series of health bills for floor votes during a marathon markup on Wednesday afternoon....

As patients faced both high rates of inflation and record high costs at the pharmacy counter, President Biden signed the Inflation...

Legislation will rein in the profiteering, anticompetitive and anti-consumer practices of PBMs, creating price transparency, making...

In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Cheryl Larson, president and CEO of the Midwest Business Group on Health, discussed the employers’...

A federal court decision that struck down expanded use of copay accumulator programs should prompt health insurers and pharmacy benefit...

The current drug pricing market is malfunctioning, an obvious conclusion to anyone who is paying attention. But why? Like much of the...

WASHINGTON — Panels in both the House and Senate have now passed restrictions to drug middlemen business practices, increasing the...

As we approach the end of the year, businesses are facing a 10-year high health care cost hike. While ballooning prices affect all...

U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Kathy Manning (NC-06),...