PBMs Under Fire Again, But Despite Bipartisan Pressure Reforms May Be Elusive
As Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ends her tenure this week the FTC posted a second report in six months ...
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FTC Releases Second Report on PBMs Meddling in Generic Drug Markets
The 3 largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) increased many specialty generic drugs prices by hundreds of percent, with ...
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Insurer-PBM Firms Dominate Medicare Part D Market, Steering Patients to Their Pharmacies
Insurer-pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) firms control most of the Medicare Part D market, steering patients to their ...
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UnitedHealth marked up lifesaving drugs as much as 1,000%: FTC
Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their ...
How UnitedHealth and Rivals Made $7.3 Billion Marking Up Drugs: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission said three top pharmacy suppliers made profits of 7,700 percent on a lifesaving hypertension ...
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Regulator accuses drug middlemen of wild price hikes, possibly steering business to themselves
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released an interim report saying that powerful drug middlemen marked up drugs for ...
UnitedHealth’s Revenues Rise, in First Earnings Report Since C.E.O.’s Killing
But high medical costs contributed to results that disappointed Wall Street, and the company’s stock fell on the news that it ...
UnitedHealth Group aims to get back to business after CEO murder
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty told analysts that the company is positioned well for growth in 2025. This comes just a ...
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FTC to bring lawsuit against CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth Group
According to FTC’s latest report, units of CVS Health Corp., Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group Inc. charged significantly ...
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UnitedHealth reports $29B revenue bump in 2024; CEO rips costly system
Amid intense criticism, UnitedHealth Group reported a $29 billion increase in 2024 revenues today, up 8% to $400.3 billion.
UnitedHealth's Diversified Business Model Should Help It Withstand Regulatory Risks
Our narrow economic moat rating for UnitedHealth Group reflects our generally narrow-moat view of the US health insurance and PBM industries that includes an unclear outlook for economic profitability ...