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Pharmacy benefit managers emerged as public enemy No. 1 in a congressional hearing Tuesday, underscoring growing bipartisan sympathy for...

When I worked as a family physician in Vermont, I wrote countless prescriptions to help patients manage their health. If I were still...

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 U.S. government should monitor the effect that rebates have on Medicare Part D plans and whether these discounts ultimately...

Medicare enrollees are paying far more than their prescription-drug plans for dozens of drugs covered under Medicare Part D, according to...

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...

By this point, pharmacists are well aware of the direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee changes that will be implemented at the start...

President Roosevelt’s signing of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act let the Food and Drug Administration establish category...

“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...

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...

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to see his party’s leadership turn up the pressure on pharmacy benefit managers. “They talk in such...

Senators’ Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act brings accountability to PBMs, protect patients and small businesses In an effort to...

Drug middlemen once again were on the hot seat at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. The hearing by the House Education and Workforce...

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

House Energy and Commerce Committee cleared a PBM bill that seems to contain more transparency loopholes and makes more limited policy...