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Coverage dated July 8, 2024

Pharmacy Middlemen Appear To Be Inflating Drug Prices, FTC Says

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A report by the Federal Trade Commission said the consolidation of pharmacy benefit managers, including CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth’s services, has created powerful middlemen.

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  1. Cleveland Scene

    Federal Regulator: Pharmacy Middlemen Appear to Be Raising Prices, Hurting Patients (opens Cleveland Scene)

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    The three biggest PBMs together are handling nearly 80% of prescription-drug transactions on behalf of insured Americans

  2. Kentucky Lantern

    Federal regulator: Pharmacy middlemen appear to be raising prices, hurting patients • Kentucky Lantern (opens Kentucky Lantern)

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    Health care conglomerates are driving out competition in the pharmacy sector and appear to be increasing prices, says the Federal Trade Commission.

  3. Idaho Capital Sun

    Federal regulator: Pharmacy middlemen appear to be raising prices, hurting patients • Idaho Capital Sun (opens Idaho Capital Sun)

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    Idaho Capital Sun's feed description

    An interim report says health care conglomerates are driving out competition in the pharmacy sector and appear to be increasing drug prices.s

  4. New York Times

    F.T.C. Says Middlemen Appear to Be Driving Up Drug Prices (opens New York Times)

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    In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.

  5. Forbes

    Pharmacy Middlemen Appear To Be Inflating Drug Prices, FTC Says (opens Forbes)

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    A report by the Federal Trade Commission said the consolidation of pharmacy benefit managers, including CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth’s services, has created powerful middlemen.

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