Nov 7, 2020 | Featured, Pharmacy Benefit Managers
On this episode of the podcast, Terry and Bob discuss how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), middlemen between drug manufacturers and insurers, profit at patients’ expense. PBMs collect hundreds of billions of dollars worth of rebates each year from drug...
Jul 3, 2020 | Featured, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Podcast
In this week’s episode of the Patients Rising Podcast, Terry and Bob discuss the role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in raising the price and reducing the supply of medications. PBMs are middlemen between drug manufacturers and insurers. They drive up drug...
Jul 23, 2019 | Drug Costs, News, Pharmacy Benefit Managers
As the year began, patients seeking relief from high out-of-pocket health care costs had reason to be optimistic. A proposed rule introduced by the Department of Health and Human Services would have stopped pharmacy benefit managers and insurance companies from...