Becker's Hospital Review18h
Federal bill takes aim at joint PBM, pharmacy ownership: 6 notes
1. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., and Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., introduced the bill, which would prohibit the joint ownership of PBMs ...
New PBM Legislation Sparks Healthcare Selloff on Wall Street
Bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday in Congress would prohibit ownership of pharmacies and PBMs under the same roof.
Healthcare Dive19h
New bipartisan legislation would force insurers, PBMs to sell pharmacy businesses
The PBM Act would make companies like CVS and UnitedHealth that own health insurers or PBMs sell pharmacy assets. It would help independent pharmacies, but may not help patients, according to one ...
Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates
New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.
Cigna’s stock leads selloff among drug middlemen on breakup fears — but this analyst says it’s not a real risk
Shares of major pharmacy-benefit managers tumbled Wednesday after a report that a bipartisan group of lawmakers is planning ...
Health-care stocks fall as lawmakers, patients push for changes to their business models
The stock reaction on Wednesday appeared to be in response to new bipartisan legislation that aims to break up pharmacy ...