Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from "excess" ...
United Health Lawsuit Named Among FTC's Biggest Wins
The lawsuit claims that three major healthcare companies were pushing up the price of insulin by 1,200 percent.
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
UnitedHealth Group is charging patients a markup for key life-saving drugs that could easily exceed their cost by a factor of ...
The Cigna Group (CI): A Bull Case Theory
We came across a bullish thesis on The Cigna Group (CI) on Twitter by Tsachy Mishal. In this article, we will summarize the bulls’ thesis on CI. The Cigna Group (CI)’s share was trading at $280.97 as ...
FTC report shows $7.3 billion in drug price inflation by leading pharmacy benefit managers
From 2017 to 2022, the companies marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 billion in revenue.
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UnitedHealth's OptumRx Accused of Excessive Drug Pricing
The Federal Trade Commission accused UnitedHealth's OptumRx, CVS Caremark, and Cigna's Express Scripts of pocketing over $7 ...
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FTC: Pharmacy benefit managers inflated drug prices by $7.3B
WASHINGTON >> The nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain ...
Trump has promised to ‘knock out’ pharmacy benefit managers. How the drug middlemen became a $557 billion industry that its customers love to hate
The industry says it keeps down the cost of prescription drugs, but critics say it's profiting at the expense of patients.
FTC finds middlemen inflate specialty generic drug prices by billions of dollars
Pharmacy benefit managers, which serve as the middlemen between drug makers, insurers and pharmacies, reaped $7.3 billion in ...
UnitedHealth Charged Cancer Patients 5000%, Bombshell FTC Report Claims
The FTC report found that from 2017 to 2022, three PBMs—UnitedHealth Group's Optum, CVS Health's CVS Caremark and Cigna's ...
FTC releases new findings in drug price inflation investigation
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission is uncovering what appears to be a major driver of the high cost of ...
Lawmaker may file bill to regulate PBMs: “They’re managing the dollar bill”
An Alabama lawmaker believes prescription care management should be a legislative priority during the upcoming session.