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Basin Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions in rural northern Wyoming. It’s also the key health care access point for the town of about...

Restrictive health plan policies are increasingly relying on step therapy for cancer drugs, recent analysis from consulting firm Avalere...

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) were first developed in 1958 as a prepayment plan for prescriptions. Today, PBMs function as middlemen...

A data analytics firm that helps insurers collect big fees while leaving some patients with unpaid bills has been summoned to explain its...

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing, entitled “Ensuring Affordable & Accessible Medications: Examining Competition...

Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a markup of 23 bills aimed at strengthening our healthcare...

Our prescription drug pricing system in America is complex, confusing and often puts patients at a disadvantage. Insurance middlemen...

Members of Congress Highlight Concerns Beyond Data Breach, Need for PBM Reforms The Senate Finance Committee and House Energy and...

After becoming pregnant, Alexandra Day, a 31-year-old consultant living in South Carolina, sought out neonatal genetic testing that was...

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty took fire from both sides of the aisle Wednesday during his testimony before the Senate Finance...

It’s not a secret that our prescription drug pricing system is broken. To address the root of the problem, the Biden administration...

Bipartisan legislation will help lower seniors’ costs for prescription drugs Today, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID)...

Pharmacists gathered at the Capitol Thursday to call for reform of pharmacy benefit managers. They say the PBMs are pushing independent...

Momentum Continues Building in Support of PBM Reforms to Lower Prescription Drug Costs The White House held a roundtable discussion this...

In 1979, I started working at my first independent pharmacy. I was an intern, trying to complete the required 750 intern hours. I worked...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is calling on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to immediately hold floor votes on pharmacy benefit manager...

The letter, sent on behalf of 39 state attorneys general to leaders in Congress, comes as lawmakers consider legislation to...

he most common asthma inhaler for children was discontinued at the start of this year, forcing parents and pediatricians to scramble to...

The Federal Trade Commission is exploring how drug distributors and group-purchasing organizations may be contributing to ongoing...

The Biden White House continues to promote its effort to lower prescription drug prices by going after “Big Pharma.” But while that...

Thursday, when senators questioned three Big Pharma CEOs about the high price of drugs in the U.S., Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...

Express Scripts, the company that handles drug transactions for West Virginia public employees has — in some cases — paid itself more...