Fierce Healthcare March 15, 2024
Wyden, Crapo push PBM reform again
Senate Finance Committee leaders Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, gathered with pharmacists and patients to advocate for PBM reform Thursday morning.
They said there would be an opportunity to advance reform in the next few days, despite Wyden previously lamenting the absence of PBM-related items in the recent spending package, warning the provisions might be delayed until December or longer. Both senators want PBM reform included in the upcoming spending bill later this month.
The senators referenced their committee’s unanimous passage of the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act, which included provisions from the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act, in November.
Wyden called that accomplishment “just about impossible”...
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