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December 18, 2019 Proposed Florida Legislation Targets Pharmacy Benefit Managers
December 18, 2019 Independent Pharmacies Want Cuomo to Sign Bill They Say Could Save Their Businesses
December 17, 2019 Tampa Lawmaker Jackie Toledo Leads Push to Lower Drug Costs in Florida
December 12, 2019 Manar Says PBM Bill Will Save Taxpayers Millions
December 7, 2019 Jackie Toledo Plans to Tackle Prescription Drug Prices By Regulating the Middlemen
December 6, 2019 Solicitor General Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arkansas PBM Case
December 6, 2019 Independent Pharmacists Push for Greater Oversight of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
December 5, 2019 Fight for Fair Rx Contracts Goes on As Ohio is 'Hemorrhaging Money'
December 2, 2019 Report Says Kentucky Medicaid Could Save Nearly $240 Million By Cutting Middlemen Between Drug Makers and Pharmacists
November 27, 2019 Ohio Accuses Drug Company of Overcharging for Prescriptions
November 21, 2019 Ohio Medicaid Still Hemorrhaging Money to Pharmacy Middlemen, Expert Testifies
November 21, 2019 Pennsylvania House Passes Matzie Bill Making Pharmacy Benefit Managers' Practices More Transparent
November 21, 2019 Transparency Is a First Step in Bringing Down Drug Costs for American Seniors, Families
November 18, 2019 PBMs Facing More Than ERISA Suits As RICO, Antitrust, State Law Claims Grow
November 18, 2019 New PBM Bill Isn't a Full Fix, But Any Help is Welcome
November 8, 2019 Ohio Lawmaker Proposes Sweeping Restrictions on Pharmacy Middlemen
November 7, 2019 Senate Rolling Out Plan to Tame Drug Prices
November 6, 2019 Florida's Rx Drug Supply Chain Needs Fixing, More Transparency
November 4, 2019 House Clears Prescription Drug Price Transparency, Health Workforce Legislation
November 1, 2019 Drug Rebate Dollars Continue to Rise
October 30, 2019 Florida Pharmacists Sounding the Alarm, Accuse PBMs of 'Hijacking' Health Care Spending
October 29, 2019 House Passes Spanberger Bill to Bring Transparency to Prescription Drug Negotiations
October 28, 2019 Bill Gives State Power to Audit Pharmacy Middlemen
October 21, 2019 Michigan's Medicaid Program Plans to Save Millions By Eliminating PBMs
October 21, 2019 Independent Pharmacies Being Driven Out of Business By 'Predatory Middlemen'
October 16, 2019 Independent Pharmacies Feel Helpless As Unregulated Middlemen Influence Profits
October 14, 2019 Pharmacy Benefits Manager Group Challenges North Dakota Laws on Appeal
October 9, 2019 Trump Wants Lower Prescription Drug Costs. Florida Should Make the Market More Competitive
October 8, 2019 Michigan Wants to Save $40 Million By Cutting PBMs Out of Medicaid
October 8, 2019 PBMs on Hot Seat
October 8, 2019 Michigan Medicaid Programs Willing to Boot Out Drug Pricing Middlemen
October 2, 2019 Ohio Medicaid Sees Initial Success Overhauling $3 Billion Drug Program
September 30, 2019 Reining In the Maleficent Middlemen: Governor Cuomo Should Sign America's Toughest Prescription Drug Legislation
September 24, 2019 Holding Pharmacy Benefit Managers Accountable is Crucial in Delaware
September 19, 2019 Lawmakers Frustrated That State Doesn't Know Yet if Jan. 1 PBM Revamp is Working
September 17, 2019 PBM Whack-a-Mole: Fixing One Problem Doesn't Mean Tire Reform
September 16, 2019 Group Formed Supporting New Legislation to Create New Regulations for PBMs
September 16, 2019 Pharmacists Urge Support for Bills to Increase Pricing Transparency
September 11, 2019 New York Governor Plans Lawsuit Against Drug Industry
September 11, 2019 Drug Prices Hurt Pharmacies
September 8, 2019 Strong Action Needed to Rein In Prescription Drug Costs
September 4, 2019 CVS-Aetna Merger Wins Antitrust Approval from Judge
September 4, 2019 PBM Startup Capital Rx Launches New 'Clearinghouse' Drug Pricing Model
September 3, 2019 Pharmacists: PBM Laws Helped, But Underpayments Continue
September 1, 2019 A Reckoning Is Coming For PBMs
August 30, 2019 Medicaid Boss Says State Won't Tolerate Abuse of Independent Drug Stores
August 26, 2019 Pharmacists Encouraged By New Law Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers
August 25, 2019 Wyden Visits Oregon Pharmacies to Promote Drug Price Control
August 23, 2019 New Law Will Make Prescription Drug Prices More Affordable and Transparent
August 17, 2019 Community Pharmacies Struggle To Stay Open
August 13, 2019 GAO: PBMs Passed on Nearly All Part D Rebates to Plans in 2016
August 11, 2019 Gov. Ivey to Host Ceremonial Bill Signing
August 10, 2019 The Mortaring of Middle America
August 8th, 2019 Small Drugstores Threatened by Pharmacy Benefit Managers
August 8th, 2019 New Group Hopes That Reverse Auctions on Drug Middlemen Can Cut Costs
August 7th, 2019 Sens. Alexander and Murray Take a Bipartisan Step Forward on Drug Pricing
August 7th, 2019 Independent Pharmacies Feeling Squeezed by Pharmacy Benefit Managers
August 6th, 2019 Trump Has Yet to Deliver on Promised Healthcare Savings
August 5th, 2019 Administration Caved to Lobbyists on Prescription Reform
August 5th, 2019 Openness In Drug Pricing At the Forefront of MC-Rx Mission
August 4, 2019 Nevada DHHS Releases Updated Transparency Draft Reporting Templates
August 2, 2019 Cancer Patients Are Being Denied Drugs, Even With Doctor Prescriptions and Good Insurance
July 30, 2019 Outgoing Puerto Rico Governor Enacts Law to Oversee PBMs
July 30, 2019 New Oregon PBM Law Prohibits Mandatory Mail Order
July 26, 2019 Reform Reversal Leaves Patients Pinching Pennies
July 25, 2019 Sens Kennedy, Cassidy, Others Introduce Legislation to Cut Costs of Prescription Drugs
July 25, 2019 Senate Panel Wants to Bring Back Drug Proposal Loved by Big Pharma in New White House Backed Bill
July 23, 2019 Bipartisan Senate Bill Takes Aim at Insulin Prices
July 23, 2019 Kentucky Group Fighting to Stop Insulin Price Hikes
July 21, 2019 CVS-Aetna Merger: AHF Urges Court to Stop the '800-Pound Gorilla'
July 19, 2019 Governor DeWine's Vetoes Affect Pharmacy Benefit Managers
July 18, 2019 Connecticut Legislation Supports Drug Pricing Transparency
July 17, 2019 Why the Justice Department Waved Through the CVS-Aetna Merger
July 13, 2019 Trump Took Three Big Losses on Healthcare This Week, And the Losing Streak Probably Isn't Going to End Anytime Soon
July 12, 2019 Trump Drug Pricing Setbacks Put Pressure on Congress
July 12, 2019 Kentucky Seeks Law Firms for Potential Cases Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers
July 11, 2019 Trump Abandons Drug Pricing Rule That Would Have Ended Certain Drug Rebates
July 11, 2019 President Trump Withdraws Plan to Eliminate Drug Price Rebates
July 10, 2019 PBM Reform Plan is Too Complex to Be Solved in State Budget
July 8, 2019 Dispute Over Reining In Drug Middlemen Key in Ohio Budget Impasse
July 6, 2019 Minnesota Aims for More Transparency on Drug Prices
July 6, 2019 Pharmacy 'Deserts' Appear in Ohio As Stores Close Amid Drug Pricing Debate
June 28, 2019 What the Alexander-Murray Bill Could Mean for PBMs
June 28, 2019 Questions Surround the Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Driving Drug Prices
June 25, 2019 Gov. Mills Signs 4 Bills to Reduce Middlemen Prices, Including Buying From Canada
June 23, 2019 State's Attempt to Curb Drug Middlemen Mostly Futile
June 19, 2019 Pharmacies Back Bill Instituting State Oversight of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
June 18, 2019 Governor Signs Senator Jensen's Pharmacy Benefit Manager Bill
June 13, 2019 New York Bill Targets PBMs, Would Extend Medicare FFS Program
June 13, 2019 Pennsylvania House to Vote On Pharmacy Benefit Manger Transparency Bills
June 12, 2019 Senate Budget Strips PBM Changes Sought By House
June 12, 2019 Rep Matzie's Bill Making Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices More Transparent Passes Committee
June 12, 2019 State Attorneys General Must Challenge PBM Misconduct
June 11, 2019 CVS Bought Aetna Last Year. Now A Judge is Sowing Doubts
June 10, 2019 CBO Analysis Doesn't Tell Full Story on HHs' Drug Pricing Reform
June 10, 2019 Drug Middlemen Name Own Prices, Methodology Goes Unchallenged
June 8, 2019 State Audit to Identify Users of Rx Managers; Senator Seeks Analysis, Study of Complaints
June 2, 2019 New 'Transparent' Medicaid Pharmacy Contract Quickly Withdrawn
May 30, 2019 Conflict Brews Over Fairness of High-Stakes CVS-Aetna Hearing
May 23, 2019 Federal Judge Wants Unrestrained Review of Proposed $69 Billion Merger of CVS, Aetna
May 21, 2019 House Lawmakers Question Whether Transparency Would Fix Drug Prices
May 20, 2019 The Price of Filling a Prescription: Independent Pharmacies Fight for Survival
May 20, 2019 Medicaid Drug-Service Switch Raises Questions About Past Practices
May 17, 2019 How Big An Issue Is the Cost of Prescription Drugs? So Big That the 2019 Minnesota Legislature Actually Managed to Pass a Bill Addressing It
May 15, 2019 CMS Seeks to Limit 'Spread Pricing' By PBMs in Managed Care
May 15, 2019 New Federal Guidelines Target Excessive Profits By Pharmacy Benefit Managers
May 12, 2019 Cancer Patient on PBMs: "It's Scary When You're In the Hospital and They Say, 'Denied'"
May 10, 2019 Governor Vetoes New Regulation on Pharmacy Benefit Managers
May 10, 2019 The Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019
May 8, 2019 Study: Payers, PBMs Hinder Drug Access fo Autoimmune Payments
May 6, 2019 Aetna Bid to Derail Whisteblower Case Against CVS Denied
May 3, 2019 State Auditor to Investigate Drug Industry Middlemen Practices in Iowa Medicaid
May 2, 2019 House Budget Would Revamp Medicaid's Pharmacy Benefit Managers
May 2, 2019 CBO Predicts Drug Rebate Would Increase Medicare, Medicaid Spending
April 29, 2019 Movement to Reform Pharmacy Middlemen Reaches a Boiling Point Nationwide
April 29, 2019 Could Michigan's High Drug Prices Flow South to Ohio?
April 24, 2019 Rising Prescription Drug Costs Blamed on Pharmacy Benefit Managers
April 23, 2019 Speciality Drugs: The New Arena for Pharmacy Benefit Manager Profits?
April 22, 2019 In Possible Blueprint for Other States, Ohio Attorney General Floats Proposals to Rein in PBMs
April 22, 2019 Meet the 7 Witnesses Lining Up to Testify Against CVS-Aetna Next Month
April 20, 2019 Time to End Pharmacy Benefit Manager Price-Gouging
April 19, 2019 Trial in CVS-Optum Secrecy Case Delayed Again
April 19, 2019 Oregon House Okays 60 Day Notice for Drug Price Hikes
April 12, 2019 The Dust Settles on PBM Week: Were There Any Winners?
April 11, 2019 Missing from the PBM Hearings: Value-Based Drug Reimbursement
April 10, 2019 Grassley, Wyden Ask HHS Watchdog to Investigate Middlemen 'Spread Pricing'
April 10, 2010 Exasperated Lawmakers Grill Drugmakers over High Insulin Costs
April 10, 2019 "I Don't Know How You Sleep At Night": Visibly Irate Lawmakers Blast Pharma, PBMs Over Insulin Prices
April 9, 2019 PBMs Sidestep the Senate's Tough Questions - But Lawmakers Hint at Legislation
April 9, 2019 Why I am Stockpiling Insulin in My Fridge
April 9, 2019 CVS, Cigna, Humana Blame Big Pharma at Senate Hearing for Skyrocketing US Drug Prices
April 9, 2019 These Senators Received the Biggest Checks from CVS, Humana, and Other Pharmacy Benefit Managers Testifying Tuesday
April 9, 2019 Drug Middlemen Face State Probes Over Complex Pricing System
April 8, 2019 These Powerful But Little-Known Companies That Have Been Blamed for High Drug Price Are Now Coming Out of the Shadows for a Congressional Interrogation
April 8, 2019 This Week, Five Pharmacy 'Middlemen' Head to Capitol Hill's Hot Seat. Some of Them Have an Easier Defense Than Others
April 5, 2019 Federal Judge To Hear Witness Testimony in Review of Aetna and CVS Merger DOJ Approval
April 4, 2019 Powerful House Committee to Weigh Legislation Aimed At Shedding More Light on High Drug Prices
April 3, 2019 Why PBMs' Flawed Efforts to Stop Sensible Reform Won't Work This Time
April 3, 2019 Cigna's Express Scripts PBM To Cap Insulin Costs Amid Drug Price Scrutiny
April 1, 2019 Court Filings Hint At More State Action Against PBMs
March 29, 2019 Will PBMs Be Held to Account for Their Role in Drug Price Hikes?
March 27, 2019 New York (Again) Seeks to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers
March 26, 2019 Minnesota House Democrats Fault GOP on Rising Drug Prices
March 23, 2019 How Maine Is Battling Exorbitant Drug Prices
March 23, 2019 States Are Tackling America's Drug Pricing Problem
March 22, 2019 Kentucky Probes Pharmacy Benefit Managers for Allegedly Overcharging State Medicaid
March 19, 2019 A Drug Pricing Mystery: Who's Behind All the Outrage on Rebates?
March 19, 2019 Seniors Win Big With Trump Rebate Rule
March 18, 2019 Bill to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers Dies in House Committee
March 18, 2019 Ohio Sues Pharmacy Middleman OptumRx to Recover $16 Million in Overcharges
March 14, 2019 US Judge Accessing CVS Merger With Aetna Orders Hearing - WHTC
March 13, 2019 Senate Democrats Roll Out Plan to Give Mainers Relief from High Drug Prices
March 13, 2019 New Bills Target Pharmacy Middlemen For State Regulation - State Journal-Register
March 12, 2019 Senate Panel Asks CVS and Four Other Middlemen to Testify About Drug Prices - CNBC
March 12, 2019 Key Senators to Call Five Pharmacy Middlemen to Testify About Drug Prices - STAT News
March 6, 2019 Senators to Boost Trump's Proposed Ban on PBM Rebates - Modern Healthcare
March 6, 2019 One GOP Senator Is Urging The Drug Industry To Make Good On Lowering Drug Prices - Washington Post
March 5, 2019 Middle Men Seen As Villains In Prescription Pricing - Chronicle Media
February 27, 2019 Proposal to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers Passes Out of Senate - Montana Public Radio
February 26, 2019 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Bill Could Lower Prescription Drug Costs - WKOW
February 24, 2019 Kasich's Record, Actions Come Under Fire From New GOP Officeholders - The Columbus Dispatch
February 24, 2019 Yost Suit to Recover PBM Overpayments is Welcome - The Columbus Dispatch
February 21, 2019 Kentucky Finds PBMs Are Benefitting From a Lucrative Profit Center - STAT News
February 20, 2019 Yost Promises More Action Against Pharmacy Middlemen: 'They Took Our Money'
February 19, 2019 Attorney General Dave Yost Seeking $16 Million Repayment from Pharmacy Middlemen OptumRx - The Columbus Dispatch
February 19, 2019 Kentucky Medicaid Releases Report on Pharmacy Benefit Program - WTVQ 36
February 14, 2019 A Step Forward on Drug Prices Should Not Be Overlooked - Morning Consult
February 12, 2019 Lawmakers Resume Push for Transparency, End to Gag Rules By Pharmacy Middlemen - The Columbus Dispatch
February 12, 2019 Drug Price Debate Targets Pharmacy Benefit Managers - PEW
February 12, 2019 Defending the Middlemen: JC Scott on Testifying Before Congress, Challenging Trump, and Revamping PBMs' Image - STAT News
February 11, 2019 A Big PBM Wants Drug Makers to Agree to Rebate Demands That Would Preserve Its Bottom Line - STAT News
February 10, 2019 Analyst: State's New Drug Setup Still Riddled With Loopholes - Columbus Dispatch
February 7, 2019 Time to Remove Texas's Drug Middlemen - My SanAntonio.com
February 6, 2019 PBMs Launch Counterattack Following Trump Administration's Plan to Lower Drug Rebates - Fierce Healthcare
February 5, 2019 How Trump's Latest Plan to Cut Drug Prices Will Affect You - New York Times
February 4, 2019 Uncertainties Remain in Trump Rebate Plan - Politico
February 1, 2019 DeWine Wants Crackdown on Pharmacy Middlemen, Managed-Care Groups - Columbus Dispatch
February 1, 2019 Bill Goes After Middlemen In An Effort to Lower Prescription Drug Prices in Montana - Independent Record
February 1, 2019 Trump Administration Wants to Cut Drug Prices By Eliminating Middlemen's Rebates - NPR
January 31, 2019 Trump Officials Move to Lower Drug Prices By Passing On Rebates To Patients - New York Times
January 24, 2019 Pharmacy Benefit Managers Marked Up Generic Drugs for NY Medicaid, But Where Did the Money Go? - STAT News
January 24, 2019 Drug Middlemen Got Big Markup in New York, Pharmacists Say - Bloomberg
January 16, 2019 Montana Lawmakers and Commissioner Target Reducing Prescription Drug Costs - Montana Public Radio
January 15, 2019 CVS Makes Dubious Case for Rebates' Impact on Drug Prices - Columbus Dispatch
January 14, 2019 Prescription Drug Pricing Strategy: Where Is the Money Going? - Boston 25 News Channel
January 11, 2019 Skoufis Targets Prescription Drug Pricing - Times Herald-Record
January 10, 2019 Pharmacist Fights for Livelihood, Drug Cost Transparency - The Calvert Recorder
January 8, 2019 CVS Expects to Benefit From Aetna Merger in First Quarter - Modern Healthcare
January 7, 2019 Arkansas Insurance Department Issues First PBM Licenses - NPR
January 7, 2019 CVS Buying Ohio Pharmacy Chain, Closing All But Three - Columbus Dispatch
January 4, 2019 This Bottle of Pills Costs $20 in One State and $130 in Another - Bloomberg
December 18, 2018 Judge Seeks Monitoring of CVS and Aetna During Antitrust Review - New York Times
December 17, 2018 Consumer Groups Submit Comments Opposing Merger of CVS and Aetna
December 11, 2018 Auditor General Urging Crackdown on Pharmacy Benefit Managers - CBS Pittsburgh
December 10, 2018 West Virginia's System Possible Model for Cheaper Medicaid Drug Prices - Columbus Dispatch
December 7, 2018 Ohio Leads Way As States Take On Pharmacy Benefit Manager Middlemen - Columbus Dispatch
December 5, 2018 CVS Hears Trump, But Don't Count on Lower Drug Prices - Bloomberg
December 4, 2018 Judge Orders Additional Hearing on Aetna-CVS Merger -Hartford Courant
November 28, 2018 CVS Creates New Health-Care Giant As $69 Billion Merger With Aetna Officially Closes - CNBC
November 26, 2018 The Monopolization of America - New York Times
November 23, 2018 Before Clearing CVS-Aetna Deal, New York May Want What California Got - Forbes
November 21, 2018 State Settles Half-Million Dispute With Pharmacy Benefits Manager - Vermont Business
November 20, 2018 Ohio Joining Suit to Protect States' Rights to Regulate Pharmacy Middlemen - Columbus Dispatch
November 20, 2018 CVS Now Expects Aetna Acquisition to Close After Thanksgiving - CNBS
November 17, 2018 Axios Deep Dive Into Drug Pricing - Axios
November 9, 2018 More States, Including Pennsylvania, Are Taking on Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Demanding to See the Savings in Medicaid
October 24, 2018 Centene Rolls Out RxAdvance PBM Promising Drug Cost Transparency
October 24, 2018 Oregon Health Experts Call for Transparency, Competition, State Action on Drug Pricing
October 23, 2018 State Regulators Probe CVS Drug Price Fluctuations
October 10, 2018 Justice Department Approves $69 Billion Aetna-CVS Merger
October 10, 2018 New laws passed to ban PBMs from imposing "gag-clauses" on pharmacists
October 8, 2018 Bill Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers Signed Into Law
October 4, 2018 California law will put limits on PBMs and add disclosure requirements
September 18, 2018 Why Payers are Buying-up PBMs, efficiency arguments and a changing market
July 16, 2018 Reigning in the Opaque Practices of PBMs and Payers is Long Over Due
June 22, 2018 Ohio Peels Back the Curtain on a Lucrative PBM Profit Center
June 6, 2018 Tackling High Drug Costs: Administration Works to Rein in Middlemen
March 28, 2018 The Latest Gimmick in Health Care to Make Patients Pay More
April 5, 2018 Walmart-Humana Deal Boasts Producer and Consumer Efficiencies
March 30, 2018 CVS and Humana PBMs Empowered through Respective Mergers
March 29, 2018 Rite Aid-Albertsons Deal Clears US Antitrust Hurdle
March 29, 2018 How Insurance Companies use PBMs to raise Drug Prices
March 8, 2018 Cigna Buys Express Scripts, Continuing Trend Towards Mergers in the Health Industry
December 6, 2017 CVS-Aetna Merger is a Robber Baron's Dream Come True
December 5, 2017 CVS/Aetna Deal Likely Won't Improve Prescription Drug Prices
December 3, 2017 CVS to Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal That May Reshape the Health Industry
November 27, 2017 The Sopranos of the Pharmaceutical Industry
November 14, 2017 Federal Judge Rules Against National Pharmacy Group in Suit Against North Dakota
November 8, 2017 PBM DIR Fees Costing Medicare and Beneficiaries: Investigative White Paper on Background, Cost Impact, and Legal Issues
October 30, 2017 Timeline: Insulin Market Under Scrutiny - Kaiser Health News
October 26, 2017 Why CVS Health Would Want to Buy Aetna - Washington Post
October 25, 2017 Study Finds Disconnect Between Employers and PBMs Over Transparency, Rebates, Value, and Contracts - Business Insider
October 23, 2017 When Paying for Drugs With Insurance Costs More Than Paying Cash: Bill Would Require Pharmacists to Let Their Customers Know - Massachusetts Live
October 18, 2017 A Huge Health Insurer Just Decided to Build Its Own Middleman to Manage Prescriptions - Business Insider
October 17, 2017 Could Your Health Insurance Be Costing You Money at the Pharmacy? - NBC News
October 12, 2017 Amazon vs. Walgreens? It's Just Around the Corner - Chicago Tribune
September 29, 2017 It's Time to Eliminate the Secretive Pharmacy Benefit Manager Pricing Practices - The Hill
September 22, 2017 Patients and Doctors, Not Insurers, Should Get Say on Drug Choices - Naples Daily News
September 18, 2017 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Is Key for Employees - HealthPayer Intelligence
September 17, 2017 Why Are Drug Prices So High? We're Curious, Too - New York Times
September 13, 2017 Drug Plans Are Fighting States to Keep Prices in the Dark - Bloomberg
September 7, 2017 Bill to Shed More Light on Prescription Go-Betweens is Shelved for the Year - Los Angeles Times
September 1, 2017 Here's Someone to Blame For High Drug Prices - Sacramento Bee
August 2017 Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Drug Industry's Hidden Middlemen - Healio Rheumatology
August 11, 2017 Want to Bring Down Drug Prices? Go After the Middlemen - American Prospect
August 9, 2017 The Clawback: Another Hidden Scam Driving Up Your Prescription Prices - Los Angeles Times
August 3, 2017 PBMs Are Worsening the Opioid Epidemic - Fierce Healthcare
August 3, 2017 Pharma's Quieter Price War Continues - Bloomberg
August 2, 2017 Little-Known Middlemen Save Money on Medicines--But Maybe Not For You - Kaiser Health News
July 14, 2017 In Health Care, PBMS Are Crucial--But Not Regulated - Capitol Weekly
July 11, 2017 Pharmacy 'Clawbacks' Targeted in Latest State Law Aimed at PBMs - Bloomberg
July 6, 2017 EpiPen Lawsuit Targets Drug Price Middlemen - Dayton Daily News
June 29, 2017 The Crazy Math Behind High Drug Prices - Bloomberg Businessweek
June 28, 2017 Unaccountable Benefit Managers: How PBMs Put Profits Over Patients - Reuters
June 19, 2017 A Wall Street Investor Call Revealed Part of the Reason Why Drugs Are So Expensive - Business Insider
June 15, 2017 Nevada Passes Insulin Drug Pricing Transparency Bill - Business Insider
June 13, 2017 In Drug Price Hearing, Congress Tries to Answer Some Basic Questions - CNBC
June 13, 2017 States Are Starting to Stand Up to 'the New Big Tobacco' Because Washington Won't - Business Insider
June 9, 2017 How 'Price-Cutting' Middlemen Are Making Crucial Drugs Vastly More Expensive - Los Angeles Times
June 7, 2017 Why Are Drug Prices Going Up? Democratic Power Players Help Pharmaceutical Industry in Connecticut Battle - International Business Times
June 4, 2017 Vetoed Pharmaceutical Bill Given Second Life, Grafted Onto Related Republican Legislation - Nevada Independent
June 2, 2017 New COA White Paper: "Unaccountable Benefit Managers" Shines Light on How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Hurt Cancer Patients - EIN Presswire
June 1, 2017 Express Scripts Sues Maker of Overdose Drug, Intensifying Feud - New York Times
May 30, 2017 The Right Prescription for Reforming PBMs in California - Huffington Post
May 30, 2017 PBM P&T Practices: The HEAT Initiative Is Gaining Momentum - P&T
May 25, 2017 Why Do Prescription Drug Prices Vary? A Look Into PBMS - THV11
May 25, 2017 Senate Okays Pharmacy Price-Gouging Ban After Clash With Insurance Commissioner - Hartford Courant
May 19, 2017 Express Scripts Claims Kaleo Failed to Pay Rebates, Fees - St. Louis Record
May 15, 2017 In Second Diabetes Bill, Roberson Focuses on Middlemen in Drug Pricing Process, Not Drug Companies - Nevada Independent
May 13, 2017 Sponsor Attempts to Head Off Republican Concerns With Proposed Amendment to Major Pharmaceutical Bill - Nevada Independent
May 11, 2017 Pharmacy Benefit Managers Have "Undue Influence" on Healthcare, Report Finds - The Pharma Letter
May 8, 2017 Express Scripts to Offer Cheaper Drugs for Uninsured Customers - New York Times
May 6, 2017 Inside the 'Scorpion Room' Where Drug Price Secrets Are Guarded - Bloomberg
April 26, 2017 A Secret Profit Formula Loved By Drug Middlemen Is At Risk - Bloomberg
March 28, 2017 The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices - American Prospect
February 6, 2017 Big Pharma's Offer to Trump: Discounts When Drugs Don't Work - Bloomberg
January 30, 2017 Drug Makers Accused of Fixing Prices on Insulin - New York Times
January 28, 2017 Consumers kept in dark over drug pricing - Dayton Daily News
January 26, 2017 Who's really controlling your drug prices? 5 thing to know - Dayton Daily News
January 25, 2017 Why are Prescriptions so Expensive - Dayton Daily News
January 19, 2017 The next drug pricing target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers - Axiom
January 2017 - New York State Governor Cuomo unveils plan to protect New Yorkers from increasing drug prices
January 12, 2017 Law Suits Allege Independent Specialty Pharmacies Frozen Out by PBMs - Specialty Pharmacy Times
January 9, 2017 Specialty Pharmacies say Benefit Managers are squeezing them out - New York Times
January 6, 2017 Blue Cross will no longer cover prescriptions at CVS - Decatur Daily
November 30, 2016 PBMs Face New Licensing Requirements - The National Law Review
November 29, 2016 UnitedHealth, OptumRx Targeted in Latest Class-action Suit Alleging Prescription Scam - Louisiana Record
November 22, 2016 Three Restrictions on Drug Coverage are a Threat to Patients - Herald Chronicle
November 21, 2016 A Sick Calculation About Prescription Drugs - Investor's Business Daily
November 18, 2016 Area Pharmacies Face Numerous Challenges - NBC 15
November 17, 2016 Side Effects: The Role of the PBM - NBC 9
November 17, 2016 Pharmaceutical Wholesale Group Says Accreditation Policy Will 'Irreparably Damage' the Nation's Prescription Drug Delivery System - Legal News Line
November 16, 2016 UnitedHealth Hit Again in Drug Price Litigation Wave - Bloomberg BNA
November, 2016 Message From Mylan: It's Time For Every Health Plan to Address Rebate Issues - Pharmacy Benefits Consultants and the National Prescription Coverage Coalition
November 1, 2016 Contractor Didn't Turn in $1.5 Million in Drug Rebates - Union Times
October 26, 2016 Feds Probing Express Scripts' Relationships with Drug Makers, Specialty Pharmacies - Modern Healthcare
October 23, 2016 Middlemen drive up prescription prices, critics say - Columbus Dispatch
October 17, 2016 Trying to Save on Prescription Drugs? Good Luck- Philly.com
October 17, 2016 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday - WIAT
October 17, 2016 Walgreens Earnings - The Street
October 5, 2016 UnitedHealth Accused of Gouging Customers on Prescription Drugs - Bloomberg
September 25, 2016 Pharmacy shutdowns: Independent businesses being swallowed up by falling reimbursements - Hawai'i Tribune Herald
September, 2016 Drug pricing system broken: Where do we go from here? - Bio Times
September 23, 2016 Competition, Generics Not Always Limiting Drug Costs - Bloomberg BNA
September 22, 2016 Ask the right questions even when there are no easy answers - The Hill
September 19, 2016 Sorry, Patients: We Won’t Fill Your Prescription Here - Huffington Post
September 12, 2016 These Companies You've Never Heard or are About to Incite Another Massive Drug Price Outage, Business Insider
September 8, 2016 NCPA Champions Bill to Boost Medicare Transparency, Ban Retroactive "DIR Fees" - Pharmacy Times
September 1, 2016 Prime and Walgreens Alliance May Impact Specialty Drug Costs - Specialty Pharmacy Times
August 14, 2016 A secretive board controls access to prescription drugs for millions of Americans - STL Today
August 12, 2015 Should insurers be allowed to drop vital medications without regard for patients? - The Hill
August 3, 2016 Commentary on 'gouge factor' by Pharmacy Benefit Consultants & The National Prescription Coverage Coalition
August 2, 2016 The ‘gouge factor’: Big companies want transparency in drug price negotiations - Pharmalot
July 23, 2016 Pharmacy-Benefit Managers Under Pressure - Barron's
July 19, 2016 Uncovering the group driving up the cost of medication - 10TV
July 14, 2016 Pharmacists question audit process that denies payments - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 4, 2014, Assembly bill would allow patients to opt out of mail-order prescriptions - The Fresno Bee
March 22, 2014, Mail Order Threatens Family Pharmacy -
Citizens News
March 19, 2014, Providing Real Pharmacy Competition Under Medicare - The Hill
March 3, 2014, Do Drug Benefit Managers Reduce Health Costs? - USA Today
March 2, 2014, Independent pharmacies focus on local ties to battle competitors, benefit manager cost cutting - Times Free Press
February 27, 2014, Proposed Medicare prescription drug reform: It is all about competition - The Hill
February 25, 2014, Pharmacists, Members of Congress Offer Support for Proposed Improvements to Medicare Part D - Digital Journal
December 3, 2013, FTC to Watch Pharmacy Benefit Companies, Drug Firms - Reuters,
December 2, 2013, Wrong Prescription for Drug Competition - The Hill
November 21, 2013, Lawmaker Exposes Pharmacy Benefits Abuses - The Hill
October 10, 2013, Painful Prescription - Forbes
September 11, 2013, Time to Stop Inappropriate PBM Business Practices - The Hill
June 24, 2013, Anthem Settles Suit Over Mandatory Mail Order for HIV/AIDs Drugs - AIS Health
June 11, 2013, United Healthcare Sued Over HIV/AIDs Mail Order Drug Service - KPBS
June 4, 2013, New York Attorney General Schneiderman wants to expand mail order opt out and promote use of local pharmacies. - Capitol Confidential
May 31, 2013, Calif. HIV patient, specialty pharmacy case against Anthem Blue Cross settled - Drug Store News
May 31, 2013, Navigating PBM Legislation - Drug Store News
May 28, 2013, Anthem Blue Cross settles consumer class action case allowing optouts from mandatory mail order program. Click here for a copy of the settlement agreement.
May 25, 2013 - TPBC Passes MAC Reform Bill - Texas Pharmacy Business Council
May 7, 2013 - Taxpayers Protection Alliance Report on Mail Order Waste Provides Further Evidence for Patient Pharmacy Choice, PBM Reforms - NCPA
May 7, 2013 - NCPA Endorses Bipartisan Bill to Address Egregious Pharmacy Audit, Reimbursement Tactics in Medicare - Wall Street Journal
April 15, 2013 - The PBM Squeeze - Drug Topics
April 9, 2013 - Pennsylvania pharmacists say PBMs hurt them and their customers; PBMs say they help save billions - Penn Live
April 4, 2013 - Avella Releases Guide to Selecting the Right Specialty Pharmacy - Specialty Pharmacy Times
February 21, 2013 - Oklahoma Bill Would Give Board of Pharmacy Oversight of PBMs - Drug Topics
February 19, 2013 - Anthem halts plan to require some drug purchases by mail - LA Times
February 19, 2013 - Blue Cross Suspends Mail Order Program for HIV/AIDS Patients - NBC7 San Diego
February 19, 2013 - California insurer suspends mandatory mail-order prescription plan - Reuters
February 19, 2013 - Anthem suspends controversial Calif. mail-order specialty pharmacy policy - Drug Store News
January 10, 2013 - Anthem's mail-order policy may have crossed a legal line - LA Times
