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Pharmacy benefit companies negotiate rebates from drug companies, which they pass to health plan sponsors. Health plan sponsors then use the rebates to make pharmacy benefits more affordable for patients.
Employers hire pharmacy benefit companies to administer their pharmacy benefits. These relationships are characterized by choice, flexibility, and decision-making.
A University of Pennsylvania professor’s deep dive into pharmacy benefit companies concludes that they are intermediaries that control costs and improve health outcomes.
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kpayne@pcmanet.org
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glopes@pcmanet.org
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are your advocates in the health care system, working to lower prescription drug costs for patients and payers across the country.
Big Pharma is the link between patients and high drug prices.
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