Kansas Senate plunges ahead with bipartisan bill targeting prescription drug middlemen - Dodge City Daily Globe

Kansas Senate plunges ahead with bipartisan bill targeting prescription drug middlemen - Dodge City Daily Globe

BY TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector Complex legislation two years in the making addresses market dominance of PBMs TOPEKA — A bipartisan majority in the Kansas Senate passed a complex bill increasing state oversight of prescription drug middlemen companies accused of manipulating lax regulations to promote anti-competitive practices, monopolize the market for maximum profit, undermine local pharmacies and raise costs for consumers. Thirty-five sta…