PBMs made billions from 51 drugs over about 5 years

FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars | CNN Business

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{{ Lawmakers came close late last year to passing legislation that would have injected more transparency into the industry and changed some of its practices, including requiring PBMs to provide more information on the rebates they retain and to pass along all rebates to health plan sponsors in the commercial insurance market. }}

I just got a refill for a 90-day supply of the drug I had been paying cash for ($358 for a year’s supply in 2024.)

Express Scripts claimed they paid $2,835 for the 90-day supply and my co-pay was $15.

I bet they’re fooling a lot of people who don’t understand the arithmetic.

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What arithmetic? They receive federal welfare payments, so they have no problems with money.