FTC sues PBMs for artificially increasing insulin prices.

[Lexington2012]

FTC Sues Prescription Drug Middlemen for Artificially Inflating Insulin Drug Prices

Today, the Federal Trade Commission brought action against the three largest prescription drug benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark Rx, Express Scripts (ESI), and OptumRx—and their affiliated group pur

www.ftc.gov

This is a great first step!


Contact your congressmen and tell them to vote for HR 9096- Pharmacists Fight Back Bill! Sponsored by Auchincloss and Harshbarger- it would put pharmacy first, and put PBMs in their place. This is the closest we’ve ever been to PBM reform!

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[owlegrad]

Woot woot go Lina Khan!

 

[clarkbar]

insulin gouging has been a bipartisan talking point for 8 years as a way to hide the ball of the real problem. at least the insulin people will see a price decrease to merely high-profit margin pricing.