Comer: Pharmacy Benefit Managers Must be Held Accountable for Role in Rising Drug Prices

Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled “The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part III: Transparency and Accountability.” In his opening statement, Chairman Comer detailed how the House Oversight Committee has obtained over 140,000 pages of documents and communications exposing Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ (PBMs) anticompetitive policies and their role in rising drug prices.