Generic Drugs Should Be Cheap, But Insurers Are Charging Patients
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Pharmacy benefit managers: The middlemen who decide what you pay for medications
Generic Drugs Should Be Cheap, But Insurers Are Charging Patients Thousands of Dollars For Them - WSJ
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REVEALED: How health insurers like CVS Health and Cigna charge more than 20 TIMES the market value for cancer drugs
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State Policy Options To Reduce Prescription Drug Spending - Center for American Progress
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Top America first actions needed to put patients and doctors back in charge of healthcare
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Under prior authorization, who is choosing Americans' medicines? - STAT
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Prescription Drugs: Spending, Use, and Prices
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Prescription drugs are expensive. Where to look for better deals.
Insurers marking up generic drugs
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Drug Channels: Why Retail Pharmacies Still Overcharge Uninsured Patients—And What That Means for
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Insurers pushing back, seek to link drug prices to outcomes - The Boston Globe
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Prescription Drugs: Spending, Use, and Prices
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Insurers Across the U.S. Are Often Illegally Charging for PrEP