August 22, 2018
“The administration understands … PBMs are part of the solution,” Merritt said....
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Townhall: Pharma Is Running Out of Scapegoats for High Drug Prices
August 17, 2018
When it comes to their prices, Pharma has no good defense, so they’ve been forced to rely on an endless...
The Washington Examiner: Drug middlemen push back that rebates are to blame for high drug prices
August 15, 2018
Drug companies are launching new products at higher list prices, regardless of whether they get a rebate....
Politico: PBMs Hit Back Over Drug Pricing Drivers
August 15, 2018
“Simply eliminating plans’ ability to negotiate price concessions would enrich drugmakers at the expense of patients, who’d not only face...
Healthcare Dive: CMS to allow step therapy in MA plans in bid to boost price competition
August 08, 2018
Dan Best, CMS senior advisor for drug pricing reform, told reporters the policy could save 15-20% of the $12 billion...
CNBC: Trump administration opens up more drugs covered by Medicare to price negotiations
August 08, 2018
Today’s announcement by the Administration to include greater use of PBM tools in Medicare Part B through Medicare Advantage Prescription...
Investor’s Business Daily: Pharmacy Benefit Managers: We’d Be Stuck In The Middle Without Them
August 07, 2018
PBMs don’t just negotiate discounts for their customers; they encourage competition in the costly drug market....
Bloomberg: Facing Wave of Opioid Lawsuits, Drug Companies Sprinkle Charity on Hard-Hit Areas
August 02, 2018
The contributions mostly began after the wave of lawsuits. They are small in comparison with the amount companies could be...
Health Affairs: Spending On Prescription Drugs In The US: Where Does All The Money Go?
August 02, 2018
Total US expenditures on pharmaceutical drugs…were $480 billion…Two-thirds of this total was captured by drug manufacturers in the form of...
Kaiser Health News: Drug Trade Group Quietly Spends ‘Dark Money’ To Sway Policy And Voters
July 30, 2018
Against the backdrop of high drug prices and its heaviest political expenditures in years, the pharmaceutical industry is directing substantial...
The News Virginian: Advocates fight for affordable drugs
July 27, 2018
Though drug makers continue to raise prices out of proportion to increases in value, PBMs are doing their job by...
The Hill: High hopes for President Trump’s drug pricing plan
July 26, 2018
Analysts have found no correlation between rebates for brand-name drugs and cost increases....