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Employer PBM bill that died in December spending package fight may return
House Energy Chair Brett Guthrie said he hopes to revive the health legislation that was pushed out of the American Relief ...
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Healthcare Leaders Support FTC’s Second Report on PBMs, While PBMs Criticize Findings
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released its second interim staff report on prescription drug middlemen. The report ...
New report accuses PBMs of driving up prescription drug costs
The Federal Trade Commission found Pharmacy Benefit Managers profited billions by raising the prices of "specialty drugs." ...
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FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging
FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging, PBMs, UnitedHealth OptumRx, CVS Caremark Rx, Express Scripts ...
Pharma digs in on changes it wants from Trump administration
The pharmaceutical industry, grappling with new government limits on drug prices, is focusing its requests for ...
UnitedHealth Group CEO: ‘The Health System Needs To Function Better’
In his first public comments since one of his executives was shot to death, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said the ...
Report: 'Pharmacy Benefit Managers' profited billions by raising prices of 'specialty drugs'
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which represents PBM's, called the FTC report baseless and "without ...
UnitedHealth Charged Cancer Patients 5000%, Bombshell FTC Report Claims
The FTC report found that from 2017 to 2022, three PBMs—UnitedHealth Group's Optum, CVS Health's CVS Caremark and Cigna's Express Scripts—marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands ...
Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
CVS Caremark, OptumRx and St. Louis-based Express Scripts — are part of huge health conglomerates that also own insurers, ...
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The accused killer of Brian Thompson cited the industry’s failures as his motive for assassinating the UnitedHealth executive ...
Lawmaker may file bill to regulate PBMs: They’re managing the dollar
An Alabama lawmaker believes prescription care management should be a legislative priority during the upcoming session.