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New York Times The Middlemen series
Pharmacy benefit managers under fire in House hearing
Pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen who negotiate drug prices for millions of Americans, were grilled at a congressional hearing on July 23rd.
Watch the full congressional hearing here.
Ozempic shortages? Some pharmacists are choosing not to stock the drug at all
Some independent pharmacies are losing money on the pricey — and popular — drug.
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 .