Health Affairs This Week | Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the FTC & You

Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Vabren Watts discuss the FTC's probe into pharmacy benefit managers and how vertical integration and consolidation may affect patients and health care consumers.

Show Notes

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission launched a formal inquiry into pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Vabren Watts discuss the FTC's probe into PBMs and how vertical integration and consolidation may affect patients and health care consumers.

Related Links:

FTC Launches Investigation Into Major Pharmacy Benefit Managers' Business Practices (FierceHealthcare)
A Six-Step Solution To The PBM Problem (Health Affairs Forefront)
On Drug Prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Not The Problem (Health Affairs Forefront)
PBM Oversight, Insulin Cost-Sharing Provisions Among Build Back Better Act (Health Affairs Forefront)

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Health Affairs This Week places listeners at the center of health policy’s proverbial water cooler. Join editors from Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy research, and special guests as they discuss this week’s most pressing health policy news. All in 15 minutes or less.