As government scrutiny and enforcement targeting the Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) program continued in 2024, the ...

Douglas Hoey, said in a statement, “PBM reform would rein in the big health insurance lobby, save taxpayers $5 billion, and throw a lifeline to the thousands of small, family-owned pharmacies ...

House Republicans have abandoned language to rein in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry from a new government funding bill released late Thursday. Leaders earlier this week agreed to PBM ...

Ron Wyden says Elon Musk, an advisor to President Donald Trump who's on track to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, pushed the PBM provisions out of the package. The new American ...

Based on conversations with industry expects, the Act, while incremental, does not include any adverse new ideas that would materially harm PBM profits, and the text allows enough room and time ...

“PBM tactics inflate American’s prescription drug costs, force pharmacy closures, and block access to Americans’ pharmacies of choice. The work done by Congress in the 118th Congress and in ...

For newer coverage of the American Relief Act, 2025 package, see President signs anti-shutdown package, with no PBM provisions. A big, "must pass" House package that included new rules for ...

A team of scientists in China said they have discovered how a type of bile known as lithocholic acid (LCA) can slow down ageing in a way similar to how calorie restriction or fasting work. The ...

President-elect Donald Trump pledged earlier this week that he will "knock out the middlemen," in a jab against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Major health insurers Cigna (CI), UnitedHealth ...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have abandoned an effort to include reforms to pharmacy benefit managers in an end-of-year bill to fund the federal government. Congressional leaders had reached ...

The case could redefine state authority over PBM regulations, potentially lowering costs and allowing more flexible drug benefit plans. A ruling in favor of ERIC may set a legal precedent on state ...