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Arkansas senate passes bill limiting pharmacies from being their own benefits manager

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By Chip Scarborough Click here for updates on this story ARKANSAS (KHBS, KHOG) — Wednesday, Arkansas senators passed a bill that would essentially eliminate a popular pharmacy chain in the Natural State. The Senate voted 26 to 9 to approve the bill, which was passed by the house earlier this month. The Arkansas Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee heard House Bill 1150 in Little Rock on Tuesday. The bill’s sponsors say it aims to prohibit…

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CVS urges governor to veto bill that it says would shut down its Arkansas stores

The Arkansas House and Senate have approved a bill that would force pharmacy benefit managers from holding a pharmacy license in Arkansas.

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Arkansas may force companies to choose between running a PBM or pharmacies

The legislation would mark the first of its kind to be signed in the U.S., if Gov. Sarah Sanders is on board.

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Arkansas senate passes bill limiting pharmacies from being their own benefits manager

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State Capitol Week in Review from Senator Ronald Caldwell

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas is at the center of a national battle between local pharmacies on the one hand, and on the other hand a giant industry known as Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). It is a battle of economic life and death. Local pharmacies accuse PBMs of anti-competitive practices and multiple violations of state law. […]

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