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Chronic health prescriptions only require prior authorization once under new IL proposal

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A plan by Illinois House Democrats would let Illinoisan with chronic health conditions only need prior authorization once when refilling their prescription medicine.

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Chronic health prescriptions only require prior authorization once under new IL proposal

A plan by Illinois House Democrats would let Illinoisan with chronic health conditions only need prior authorization once when refilling their prescription medicine.

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What Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers? Illinois Lawmakers Target Industry They Say Drives Up Prescription Costs

A pharmacy benefit manager negotiates prices with wholesalers, sets reimbursement rates on drugs and compiles the lists of which medicines an insurer will cover. But critics describe the industry as focused on self-enrichment and in need of regulation.

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What Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers? Illinois Lawmakers Target Industry They Say Drives Up Prescription Costs – WTTW (Chicago)

"Patients, health care providers, and independent pharmacists will all tell you that pharmacy benefit managers — or PBMs — are driving up prices,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in his state of the state address. “They extract extra profit from patients through opaque and often predatory tactics. They are not doctors, but they work with insurance companies to deny people the drugs and treatments doctors prescribe.”

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Representative Marta Bertoglio (HD75): Montana Pharmacy Protection Act

In this legislative session, I introduced House Bill 740 to help Montana’s pharmacies stand up to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Decades ago, these industry giants started out filling a legitimate need in the processing and negotiating of prescription drug insurance benefits. However, they quickly grew and consolidated into some of the largest corporations in the United States, and now, just a...

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