Managed Healthcare Executive March 8, 2024
Denise Myshko, Peter Wehrwein

There was no mention in President Joseph Biden’s Statue of the Union Address about PBM reform, which has garnered a lot of interest from patient advocates and Congress over the last year.

Although healthcare was not the main focus of President Joseph Biden’s State of the Union Address last night, abortion rights, access to invitro fertilization, women’s health research and prescription drug prices stood out as key priorities for the president.

Early in his speech, Biden addressed abortion rights and the overturning of Roe vs. Wade and the IVF. “Too many state laws are banning the freedom to choose, criminalizing doctors, forcing survivors of rape and incest to leave their states to get the treatment they need. Many of you...

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