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In the competitive pharmaceutical industry where drug manufacturers vie for huge market shares, middlemen work billion-dollar deals... Read More
A new Florida study, released last week, found that major health care companies using pharmacy benefit managers (PBM’s) have positioned themselves to pocket millions... Read More
Senate Health Policy Chairwoman Gayle Harrell (R-Stuart) and Rep. Jackie Toledo (R-Tampa) called for more scrutiny... Read More
One company singled out was CVS Health, which runs more than 9,900 pharmacies in the U.S. and one of the largest PBMs, which is called Caremark... Read More
Amid a legislative tussle with millions of dollars on the line, people who operate pharmacies in Florida contend they are getting short-changed by the state... Read More
New study highlights predatory practices by pharmacy benefit managers that drive up costs for patients, taxpayers... Read More
Brittany Jackson: My experience with the PBM’s pharmacy has been nothing short of awful... Read More
Will this be the year that Floridians get some financial relief from prescription drug costs? Read More
There are people with no medical training and no obligation to patients who have the power to override medical... Read More
State Sen. Tom Wright is pushing legislation for the upcoming 2020 Session that would increase regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)... Read More
These middle men too often intrude in the decision-making between doctors and patients, a St. Petersburg oncologist writes. Read More
Calling out Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or “PBM’s” for predatory business practices, a bipartisan group of lawmakers... Read More
In an attempt to lower health care costs for Floridians, a Tampa Republican and other lawmakers want to crack down on the role of pharmacy benefit managers... Read More
Florida state Rep. Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, was joined by fellow lawmakers, patients, physicians, pharmacists, and small business owners... Read More
Rep. Jackie Toledo filed legislation Tuesday to crack down on what she describes as over-charges on... Read More
A Tampa lawmaker is hoping to lower drug prices and improve care for Floridians... Read More
State Rep. Jackie Toledo officially announced a new bill Tuesday that she said is designed to lower prescription drug costs while increasing pharmacy access to all patients... Read More
A bill by the Republican state representative would regulate go-between companies known as pharmacy benefit managers... Read More
A Florida lawmaker is pushing to make your next trip to the pharmacy easier and less expensive under a proposed bill to cut price... Read More
Cutting the astronomical costs of prescription drugs is a bipartisan effort that is being pushed both at the federal and state levels of government... Read More
Yesterday, the Florida Senate met in two separate committees to discuss the issue of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)... Read More
With Americans continuing to be impacted by the spiraling costs of health care, some neighborhood pharmacists across Florida have an idea to do... Read More
President Donald Trump visited Florida last week, making a stop at The Villages, one of the highest... Read More
PBMs: have you heard of them? If not, you’re not alone, but they do factor into your prescription drug costs... Read More
Gov. Ron DeSantis recently pitched the idea of importing prescription drugs from Canada to help out Floridians getting raked over the coals during their monthly trip to the pharmacy... Read More
Lately, everywhere you look there are people worried about keeping drug prices affordable, especially for Florida’s aging seniors... Read More
Rep. Jackie Toledo plans to file legislation this week that would lower prescription drug prices for some consumers and protect... Read More
Spread pricing, where pharmacy benefit managers like CVS mark up—sometimes dramatically—the difference between the amount they reimburse pharmacies for a drug and the amount they charge their clients... Read More