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Patients and independent pharmacies across the state are still paying the price due to deceptive PBM influences.
Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) into law on Tuesday.
After weeks of negotiation and compromise, the Alabama Legislature finally passed legislation regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) this week, sending it to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature.
On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed amended legislation regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers, sending it to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk for a signature after the Senate voted to concur with the House’s amendments.
New legislation regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in Alabama by State Sen. Billy Beasley (D-Clayton) passed the Alabama Senate on Thursday.
New legislation regulating pharmacy benefit managers in Alabama was introduced by State Sen. Billy Beasley (D-Clayton) on Tuesday.
Two bills filed in the Alabama Senate that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers received a public hearing in the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Wednesday.
State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) seeks to curb some perceived abuses by Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs), companies that act as intermediaries between health insurers, pharmaceutical companies and consumers.
Two bills were filed last week in the Alabama Senate that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
Last month, an AL(dot)com piece by Savannah Tryens-Fernandes claimed Alabama had lost more than one pharmacy a week since 2018.
An Alabama pharmacist and pharmacy owner said they weren’t allowed to attend an “unofficial” legislative study group in Montgomery on Thursday created to develop pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) legislation for the 2025 legislative session.
There aren't many things that are as important to an employer – no matter the size of the company – as being able to offer competitive, affordable health benefits. Today's labor market is competitive, and if a business isn't able to do its part by ensuring their employees and their families have access to high-quality healthcare coverage that doesn't break the bank, you can expect us to lose out on top talent.
Although it has not gotten nearly the attention that gambling, ethics, school choice or divisive concepts have thus far in the 2024 legislative session, a behind-the-scenes fight is being waged between pharmacists and the business community over House Bill 238 (HB238).
It's hard to unsee the cancerous mass the health care system has become.