Lawmakers Consider Hiking Fees for Filling Prescriptions - Empire Center for Public Policy

Lawmakers Consider Hiking Fees for Filling Prescriptions - Empire Center for Public Policy

Legislation that would potentially increase New York's pharmacy costs by hundreds of millions of dollars annually is moving toward final passage in Albany's end-of-session rush.

Lawmakers Consider Hiking Fees for Filling Prescriptions

By Bill Hammond, EmpireCenter.org Legislation that would potentially increase New York’s pharmacy costs by hundreds of millions of dollars annually is moving toward final passage in Albany’s end-of-session rush. The bill would require the companies that process prescription drug claims on behalf of most health plans – known as pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs – […]