Mergers between health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers could be bad for your health

(By Barak Richman and Kevin Schulman for STAT)

Pharmacy benefit managers, which long ran under the public radar, now have President Trump’s attention. In a recent speech on drug pricing, he called out “the dishonest double-dealing that allows the middleman to pocket rebates and discounts that should be passed on to consumers and patients.” Continue reading article here…

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