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ICYMI: New York Times Investigation Shows PBMs Rip Off Just About Everyone
The New York Times has published a detailed investigation into how middlemen pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) drive up drug costs for...
Jun 22, 2024
Watch: How pharmacy benefit managers influence drug pricing
This is Part 2 of “Behind the Counter,” an in-depth video series demystifying the complex world of patents and drug pricing. Watch here >
Jun 13, 2024
Watch: The role of PBMs, patents, and public health in drug pricing
This is Part 1 of “Behind the Counter,” an in-depth video series demystifying the complex world of patents and drug pricing. Watch here >
Jun 13, 2024
Rural pharmacies fill a health care gap in the US. Owners say it’s getting harder to stay open
Basin Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions in rural northern Wyoming. It’s also the key health care access point for the town of about...
Jun 7, 2024
PBM Accountability Project Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing, entitled “Ensuring Affordable & Accessible Medications: Examining Competition...
May 22, 2024
PBM Accountability Project Statement on Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Advancement of Healthcare Legislation
Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a markup of 23 bills aimed at strengthening our healthcare...
May 17, 2024
Delinking Medicare Prescription Costs from PBM Profits Protects Seniors
Our prescription drug pricing system in America is complex, confusing and often puts patients at a disadvantage. Insurance middlemen...
May 17, 2024
PBM Accountability Project Statement on Congressional Hearings with UnitedHealth Group CEO
Members of Congress Highlight Concerns Beyond Data Breach, Need for PBM Reforms The Senate Finance Committee and House Energy and...
May 2, 2024
Now Is the Time to Break the Link Tying PBM Profits to Rising Drug Prices
It’s not a secret that our prescription drug pricing system is broken. To address the root of the problem, the Biden administration...
Mar 25, 2024
PBM Accountability Project Statement on Congressional Efforts to Rein in PBMs
Bipartisan legislation will help lower seniors’ costs for prescription drugs Today, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID)...
Mar 14, 2024
PBM Accountability Project Statement on Recent White House Discussion on PBMs and Upcoming State of the Union
Momentum Continues Building in Support of PBM Reforms to Lower Prescription Drug Costs The White House held a roundtable discussion...
Mar 6, 2024
PBM Accountability Project Statement on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Letter Warning Seniors About PBM Practices
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a letter to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Medicare Part D Plans,...
Dec 20, 2023
Without Comprehensive PBM Reform, Patient Health Outcomes Will Suffer
As patients faced both high rates of inflation and record high costs at the pharmacy counter, President Biden signed the Inflation...
Dec 1, 2023
PBM Accountability Project and Nearly 50 Stakeholder Organizations Urge Congress to Pass PBM Reforms
Legislation will rein in the profiteering, anticompetitive and anti-consumer practices of PBMs, creating price transparency, making...
Nov 28, 2023
Expert: Working Together, Sharing Information Is Crucial to PBM Reform
In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Cheryl Larson, president and CEO of the Midwest Business Group on Health, discussed the employers’...
Nov 22, 2023
Health Insurers and PBMs Should Brace for a Copay Programs Shift
A federal court decision that struck down expanded use of copay accumulator programs should prompt health insurers and pharmacy benefit...
Nov 20, 2023
Eliminating Anticompetitive PBM Practices Are Free Market Reforms
The current drug pricing market is malfunctioning, an obvious conclusion to anyone who is paying attention. But why? Like much of the...
Nov 16, 2023
House panel passes PBM reforms, ratcheting up chance for passage
WASHINGTON — Panels in both the House and Senate have now passed restrictions to drug middlemen business practices, increasing the...
Nov 16, 2023
Physician entrepreneurs, policy reform can help small businesses navigate rising health care costs
As we approach the end of the year, businesses are facing a 10-year high health care cost hike. While ballooning prices affect all...
Nov 15, 2023
PBM Accountability Project Statement on Introduction of H.R. 6283
U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Kathy Manning (NC-06),...
Nov 13, 2023
Senate Finance Committee targets PBM reform in new legislation
In a unanimous 26-0 vote, the Senate Finance Committee passed a comprehensive draft package this week that puts pharmacy benefit manager...
Nov 9, 2023
Senate Finance unanimously advances PBM, mental health bill
The Senate Finance Committee today unanimously advanced a broad legislative package addressing mental health, PBMs and Medicare payment...
Nov 9, 2023
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