{"id":3424,"date":"2016-07-05T09:27:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T13:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2016-07-05T09:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T13:27:45","slug":"anthem-express-scripts-face-legal-challenge-over-prescription-drug-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3424","title":{"rendered":"Anthem, Express Scripts Face Legal Challenge Over Prescription Drug Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Anthem and its pharmacy manager Express Scripts overcharged patients with job-based insurance for prescription drugs, alleges a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bna.com\/express-scripts-anthem-n57982076060\/\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a> that seeks class action status for what could be tens of thousands of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest wrinkle in a battle that has already pitted the major national insurer and its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) against each other in dueling legal actions \u2014 and further illustrates the complicated set of factors that determine what consumers pay for prescription medications. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/anthem-express-scripts-face-legal-challenge-over-prescription-drug-prices\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31224471&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-90Pj4A2UeLybWx1AjWaaFX9cf49mNBYytOR2WWsf2OB3BrFHCDGg5C_HCOJR_N0qzwItMQ7IqJXzyVz_9oK8tYy7Mj9g&amp;_hsmi=31224471\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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