Policy & Sector Insights

Morning Consult
A young husband was diagnosed with advanced melanoma and tumors attached to his brain. Waiting on the other side of his oncology clinic’s pharmacy counter was a potentially life-prolonging drug…Read More.

CBS News
While Washington wrangles with a replacement for Obamacare, patients across the country continue to battle one of the biggest everyday obstacles to good health care: Rising drug prices…Read More.

MSNBC
As prescription drug costs skyrocket, President Trump promises to lower drug prices…Watch Here.

CWA
The high cost of prescription drugs is an important issue for our members and employers. A recent investigation into Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) highlights their role in this trend…Read More.

Kaiser Health News
Medicare and its beneficiaries aren’t the winners in the behind-the-scenes rebate game played by drugmakers, health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, according to a paper published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine…Read More.

The New York Times
Hundreds of independent pharmacists swarmed the House and Senate office buildings one recent afternoon, climbing the marble staircases as they rushed from one appointment to the next, pitching lawmakers on their plan to rein in the soaring drug prices that have enraged American consumers…Read More.

Healthcare Finance
Due to inefficiencies in the current regulatory framework, pharmacy benefit managers can add cost to the healthcare system and impose burdens on both consumers and market competition, according to a new study released by the Pacific Research Institute…Read More.

Pacific Research Institute
What would happen if you never had to pay directly for your morning coffee again…?Watch Here.

Community Oncology Alliance
Getting your medications, like coffee, should be simple. And it shouldn’t involve a harmful, expensive pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) middleman. It is time to stop PBM abuses…Watch Here.