Pass the Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act to force health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to divest their pharmacy businesses in order to lower prescription drug costs.
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Sources
- Office of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (warren.senate.gov)https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-hawley-harshbarger-auchincloss-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-cut-drug-costs-rein-in-pharmacy-benefit-managers-pbms/ ↗
“PBMs have manipulated the market to enrich themselves — hiking up drug costs, cheating employers, and driving small pharmacies out of business.”