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Ohio Health Leaders Announce New Campaign to Address State’s Drug Pricing Process
Organization identifying solutions to ensure Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) savings are directed back to patients, taxpayers, and the...
Dec 21, 2020
You think you had a bad week?
It was not a good week for pharmacy benefit managers, formerly the little-noticed middlemen in the prescription drug supply chain. The...
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court deals big blow to pharmacy middlemen
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 8-0 that states have broad powers to regulate powerful pharmacy middlemen without being...
Dec 11, 2020
US Supreme Court rejects PBMs' challenge of state's ability to regulate the drug middlemen
In a ruling that could pave the way for increased regulations by states such as Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a...
Dec 11, 2020
Ohio's proposed state-run pharmacy benefit manager plan draws skepticism
After years of being out-maneuvered by pharmacy benefit managers, Ohio is on the cusp of a revolutionary approach to rein in the...
Dec 7, 2020
State suit against drug middlemen delayed
Ohio’s first lawsuit against middlemen accused of overcharging state agencies for prescription drugs has again been delayed. Originally ...
Dec 4, 2020
SIDE EFFECTS: An ongoing investigation on the rising costs of prescription drugs
The Dispatch has spent the past year uncovering how PBMs operate in Ohio and the rest of the country. Here's what you need to know from...
Dec 3, 2020
Ohio prescription drug costs: One huge contract for all state, local employees could save big bucks.
A state panel of government, business and consumer advocates released sweeping recommendations Monday aimed at reducing consumer drug...
Dec 3, 2020
Even after a few years of drug price reforms across the US, PBMs are still finding ways around them
Since 2015 — and particularly in 2019 — state after state has passed scores of measures attempting to rein in middlemen known as pharmacy...
Dec 3, 2020
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