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Lawmakers introduce bill to ban PBM-owned pharmacies
HB1150 would ban the around 35 PBM-owned pharmacies in the state and prevent over 100 out-of-state PBM-owned pharmacies from ...
The FTC Finds United Health’s OptumRX Is Engaged In Widespread Price Gouging
The Federal Trade Commision (FTC) found prescription benefits managers like UnitedHealth's OptumRX have gained $7.3B from ...
Michigan Advance6h
Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released an interim report saying that powerful drug middlemen marked up drugs for ...
Talk Business15h
Bill would prevent PBMs from dispensing drugs via retail, mail
A bill filed Thursday (Jan. 16) in the Arkansas Legislature would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and insurance companies from obtaining retail permits and operating pharmacies and mail order ...
New legislation aims to prevent PBMs from controlling drug pricing and pharmacy ownership
The Arkansas Pharmacists Association is calling for public and legislative support for stronger regulation of Pharmacy ...
EVERYTHINGLUBBOCK16h
FTC report highlights prescription drug pricing issues in Lubbock
Prescription drug prices are rising, and a new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) explains why. Pharmacy benefit ...
Dealbreaker on MSN18h
Pharmacy Benefit Managers Not Thrilled With FTC Report Finding Pharmacy Benefit Managers Raise Drug Prices
The pressure against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) continues to build. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission released ...
Futurism21h
Insurance Company Where CEO Was Assassinated Jacking Up Cost of Cancer Drugs by "Thousands of Percent," Government Finds
UnitedHealthcare's legal drug dealing arm is, according to the government, massively marking up the cost of life-saving ...
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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 ...
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, 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 ...