Health insurer stocks fall as WSJ says lawmakers set to break up pharmacy-benefit managers
Shares of health insurers such as UnitedHealth and CVS Health fell on Wednesday after a Wall Street Journal report said a bipartisan group of lawmakers was set to introduce legislation to break up pharmacy-benefit managers.
Bill Seeks To Lower Drug Costs By Breaking Up Pharmacy-Benefit Management And Pharmacies
A bipartisan group of lawmakers said Wednesday that they seek to lower drug costs by prohibiting joint ownership of pharmacy-benefit
Bipartisan group to push for break up of pharmacy-benefit managers (update)
Bipartisan lawmakers plan to introduce legislation breaking up pharmacy-benefit managers, requiring divestment of pharmacy businesses owned by
Healthcare stocks fall as lawmakers push for bill to break up drug middlemen
Shares of companies owning pharmacy benefit managers fell on Wednesday after the introduction of a bipartisan bill that would force health insurers or drug middlemen to divest their pharmacy businesses.
Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Break Up Giant Health Care Conglomerates
New legislation would force UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna to each sell their pharmacies within three years.
Lawmakers Plot to Force Health Insurers to Sell Off Pharmacies
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are set to introduce legislation to break up pharmacy-benefit managers, the drug middlemen that have now faced yearslong scrutiny from Congress and the Federal Trade Commission.
Lawmakers Eye Bill Forcing Drug Middlemen to Sell Pharmacies
A bipartisan coalition of US lawmakers has drafted legislation that would force prescription drug middlemen to divest pharmacies they own, according to materials reviewed by Bloomberg News.
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