There ought to be a law that a PBM cannot own a pharmacy.
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Carter advocates for legislation to prevent PBMs from owning pharmacies to avoid conflicts of interest.
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I think it is incredibly insulting to them and causes them to lose faith in their government...
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If I could, there was a study done--and it is a little aged now, it was done a little bit over a year ago--by the Berkeley Research Group that showed--and listen, and if you remember one thing, then remember this: It showed that only 37 percent of the price of a drug goes to the pharmaceutical manufacturer, which begs the question, where does the 63 percent go? It goes to the PBM, it goes to the middlemen. That is where the problem is. That is where we can control drug prices at.
PBMs bring no value whatsoever to the healthcare system, no value. This is highway robbery.





