FTC Says UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna Make Billions Via PBMs On Specialty Drugs
FTC report reveals significant markups by top PBMs on specialty drugs, driving $7.3 billion in revenue and raising costs for ...
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
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FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 ...
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FTC Slams UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH), CVS and Cigna PBMs for Inflating Prices by $7.3B
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slammed pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) owned by UnitedHealth ($UNH), CVS Health ...
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FTC: Pharmacy benefit managers inflated drug prices by $7.3B
WASHINGTON >> The nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain ...
Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from "excess" ...
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FTC Report Reveals PBM Practices Impacting Competition and Drug Costs
The FTC study examines the practices of PBMs to ensure fair competition and transparency. The FTC found that from 2017 to 2022, the three big PBMs imposed substantial price markups on 51 specialty ...
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Largest PBMs hiked up drug prices, FTC says
The markups helped the PBMs reap $7.3 billion from 2017 to 2022, the FTC found. The PBMs—owned by insurers Cigna, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group—are supposed to help keep drug costs low for ...
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FTC criticizing PBMs, a NIH policy on access to medicines, and more
The FDC released a second highly critical report of PBMs, which may provide further impetus for legislative action to curb ...
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Synders Pharmacy in Oregon closes drive-thru, says it can’t afford staffing
Snyders Pharmacy, located in Oregon’s Ace Hardware, announced it has suspended operation of its drive-thru due to lack of ...
FTC releases new findings in drug price inflation investigation
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission is uncovering what appears to be a major driver of the high cost of ...
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FTC: 3 Companies Massively Jacked Cost of Lifesaving Drugs
The Big 3 companies acting as intermediaries between drugmakers and insurance providers made billions by needlessly jacking ...