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STAT+: Attorneys general want Congress to prohibit PBMs from owning affiliated pharmacies

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In an April 14 letter to the leaders of the House and Senate, the state officials noted that each of the six largest pharmacy benefit managers operate their own affiliated pharmacies, and five of them are also a part of conglomerates that operate insurance companies and health care clinics.

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Opinion: I’m head of an NGO in Kenya. The shutoff of USAID support has been devastating

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In an instant, more than 1,000 patients at my health care clinic outside Nairobi lost access to lifesaving HIV treatments.