Rep. Harshbarger Introduces Legislation to Eliminate the PBM Monopoly on the Pharmaceutical Delivery Chain

Senators, Representatives Introduce Bill That Would Ban Joint Ownership of PBMs and Pharmacies

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley and Representatives Diana Harshbarger and Jake Auchincloss introduced the Patients Before Monopolies Act on Wednesday. It aims to prohibit the parent company of a PBM or insurer from owning a pharmacy business. The post Senators, Representatives Introduce Bill That Would Ban Joint Ownership of PBMs and Pharmacies appeared first on MedCity News.

Congress Must Take Action On PBMs

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Rep. Harshbarger Introduces Legislation to Eliminate the PBM Monopoly on the Pharmaceutical Delivery Chain

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) introduced the Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act.

Patients Before Monopolies Act to End Conflicts of Interest Between Pharmacies, PBMs

US Senators introduced the bipartisan bill addressing pharmacy benefit managers and their affiliated pharmacies.

Outgoing Congress still has time to act on PBM reform - www.elizabethton.com

BY KENNETH E. THORPE Insurers and healthcare middlemen are making it harder for everyday Americans, including many living with chronic diseases, to access the prescription drugs they need.  Fortunately, Congress and President Biden can address the problem by passing two bipartisan reforms during the current “lame duck” legislative session. For us Democrats, this is a chance to build on the historic progress we’ve already made toward healthcare a…

Joint op-ed by National Association of Manufacturers and NACDS calls for PBM reform now

ARLINGTON, Va. — Today, an op-ed co-authored by Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, was published in DC Journal.Entitled “Congress, Don’t Waste the Work Done for PBM Reform,” the piece calls on the U.S. Congress to finish the job of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform before year’s end — because “patients, …