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Rep. Tlaib urges action on PBMs, presses committee to back 'Pharmacies Fight Back' measures
Summary
Representative Rashida Tlaib warned committee members that opaque PBM practices are pushing independent pharmacies to close and urged support for the Pharmacies/Pharmacists Fight Back Act to boost transparency and protect community pharmacies.
Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are exercising unchecked power that is harming independent pharmacies and limiting patient access to care.
Tlaib said large PBMs including "CVS, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optimum Rx" were reporting record profits while independent…
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