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Manchin says he will not vote for Build Back Better: ‘This is a no’
December 19, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on "Fox News Sunday" that he will not vote for President Biden’s "mammoth" climate and…
Hochul needs to nix these bills to protect NYers from higher health-care costs
December 17, 2021
Also threatening higher costs for consumers and taxpayers: S.3763/A.1396, to establish “pharmacy benefit managers,” and S.6603/A.7598, to boost fees paid…
CMS plans to address ‘troubling’ PBM fees
December 16, 2021
DIR fees are “an important tool for keeping independent drugstores accountable for doing their part to improve beneficiary health outcomes,…
Biden concedes BBB bill won’t get passed this year
December 16, 2021
“It takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the parliamentary and procedural steps needed…
Hochul faces a test on health insurance costs
December 15, 2021
The language of this bill, however, includes problematic provisions. It confusingly says that PBMs must operate “for the best interests…
Pharmacists push for Hochul to sign bills to give financial relief for pharmacies
December 13, 2021
"Accusations that PBMs are forcing store closures are unproductive and not based in fact. There are more independent pharmacies now…
House report calls drug prices ‘unsustainable’ and ‘unjustified’
December 10, 2021
"Any report that focuses only on pharmacy benefit managers seems to purposefully take a narrow view and is therefore going…
The Maddeningly High Price of Prescription Drugs
December 09, 2021
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which represents the Pharmacy Benefit Managers, turned the blame back to manufacturers, noting that the…
Senate issues rebuke of Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate
December 08, 2021
Most Democrats blasted the repeal effort as “ridiculous” and “anti-science,” and warned it would prolong the pandemic and facilitate the…
Pharma lobby eyes parliamentarian
December 08, 2021
Rather than the finger pointing coming from the pharmaceutical industry, we should be working together on common solutions to lower…
Biden Focuses On Drug Pricing Measures In Push For Spending Bill Vote
December 07, 2021
Arguing that the legislation will lower the costs of key prescription drugs like insulin, President Joe Biden urged senators to…
Biden points to drug prices in call for Senate social spending vote
December 06, 2021
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, which strongly opposes the provisions, hit back on Monday, saying that Build Back…
