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Marsha Blackburn: “I would do away with the PBMs. I think they are unnecessary, and when patients are being steered, when patients are not…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2023
I would do away with the PBMs. I think they are unnecessary, and when patients are being steered, when patients are not able to reap the benefit of that reduced price and they continue to pay higher prices, it is something that is very difficult.
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Blackburn expresses her desire to eliminate PBMs due to their negative impact on patients' drug prices.

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