Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the FTC & You

<p>Last week, the Federal Trade Commission <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/06/ftc-launches-inquiry-prescription-drug-middlemen-industry">launched a formal inquiry into pharmacy benefit managers</a> (PBMs).</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/ftc-launches-investigation-major-pharmacy-benefit-managers-business-practices">FTC Launches Investigation Into Major Pharmacy Benefit Managers' Business Practices</a> (<em>FierceHealthcare</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20180823.383881/">A Six-Step Solution To The PBM Problem</a> (<em>Health Affairs Forefront</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20181009.878948">On Drug Prices, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Not The Problem</a> (<em>Health Affairs Forefront</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20211108.637360/full/">PBM Oversight, Insulin Cost-Sharing Provisions Among Build Back Better Act</a> (<em>Health Affairs Forefront</em>)</li> </ul><p> C<em>urrently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. </em><a href="/membership?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_term=insider"><em>With your support,</em></a> <em>we can continue to keep our digital publication </em><a href="/forefront?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_term=forefront+insider"><em>Forefront</em></a> <em>and </em><a href="/podcasts?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_term=podcasts+insider"><em>podcasts</em></a><em> free for everyone.</em></p><p><br>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-affairs-this-week/id