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Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids
Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids

Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.

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Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates
Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates
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The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business
The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business

The biggest Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.

The third in “THE MIDDLEMEN” series of articles by reporters Rebecca Robins and Reed Abelson investigating PBMs .

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What to Do if You’re Overpaying for Prescriptions
What to Do if You’re Overpaying for Prescriptions

Here’s what to know about your pharmacy benefit manager and how to find out if you are being overcharged for medications.

The first in “THE MIDDLEMEN” series of articles by reporters Rebecca Robins and Reed Abelson investigating PBMs.

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The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs
The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government.

The second in “THE MIDDLEMEN” series of articles by reporters Rebecca Robins and Reed Abelson investigating PBMs.

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Adult Swim’s Common Side Effects Show Pitfalls of Medicare Advantage
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Adult Swim’s Common Side Effects Show Pitfalls of Medicare Advantage

The show follows once-separated high school friends Marshall, a mycologist, and Frances, the executive assistant to a pharmaceutical executive, who reconnect after Marshall begins peppering Frances’ boss with questions during a public event announcing a new drug the pharmaceutical company is launching.

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Legalized Racketeering? How PBMs Skirt the Law to Rake in Billions
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Legalized Racketeering? How PBMs Skirt the Law to Rake in Billions

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have been under scrutiny lately for their actions as middlemen in the flow of prescription drugs from manufacturers to patients. But perhaps their worst actions are buried within a maze of consolidation and paperwork. Big Insurance has consolidated the entire pharmaceutical benefit, claim, and dispensing sector to squeeze as much money out of patients as possible.

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