Episode Details

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission launched a formal inquiry into pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Vabren Watts discuss the FTC's probe into PBMs and how vertical integration and consolidation may affect patients and health care consumers.

Related Links:

• FTC Launches Investigation Into Major Pharmacy Benefit Managers' Business Practices (FierceHealthcare)
• A Six-Step Solution To The PBM Problem (Health Affairs Forefront)
• On Drug Prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Not The Problem (Health Affairs Forefront)
• PBM Oversight, Insulin Cost-Sharing Provisions Among Build Back Better Act (Health Affairs Forefront)

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