A Few Questions as PBMs Have Their Day on Capitol Hill

A Few Questions as PBMs Have Their Day on Capitol Hill

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Tomorrow, the Senate Finance Committee will examine the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the drug cost ecosystem. For years, these Fortune 100 companies largely escaped scrutiny for their role in deciding what patients pay out of pocket for medicines, but that’s finally starting to change. Here are a few questions policymakers should ask—and issues they should focus on—as the leaders of this multi-billion dollar industry testify on prescription drug costs.