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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),...

In a unanimous 26-0 vote, the Senate Finance Committee passed a comprehensive draft package this week that puts pharmacy benefit manager...

The Senate Finance Committee today unanimously advanced a broad legislative package addressing mental health, PBMs and Medicare payment...

In recent years, the practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), initially formed to foster competition in the pharmaceutical market...

Most Americans believe drugs cost too much and big pharma is to blame. That powerful political sentiment undergirds Medicare’s new...

A government shutdown has been averted—for now. Congress approved a continuing resolution this weekend that funds the government through...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, few healthcare issues received as much attention and public discourse as prescription drug prices. The...

Momentum Building for Legislation that Separates PBM Income from the Price of Prescription Medicines Washington, DC – The PBM...

Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) and Scott Peters (CA-50) have...

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...

U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01) and Scott Peters (CA-50)...

The pharmaceutical market has experienced a massive wave of vertical integration between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and health...

The Senate Finance Committee recently passed a pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) reform package, one of the most significant steps towards...

The supply chain that brings pharmaceutical drugs from the factory to the pharmacy is long, complex and unclear. Congress and several...

In a largely harmonious Senate Committee on Finance markup hearing, members supported bipartisan efforts to rein in pharmacy benefit...

The pressure continues to build against pharmacy benefit managers and their practices that critics say raise drug prices. This time, it’s...

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...

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....

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...

The 118th Congress is off to a great start in shining a light on the harmful practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the...