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Lobbying disclosures filed on Monday revealed a flurry of pharmaceutical industry activity, including the largest-ever expenditure for the trade group representing pharmacy benefit managers.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association spent a record-breaking $1.49 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2019, the most it has ever spent in a three-month span, according to a STAT analysis of the latest lobbying disclosures. The all-time record comes as the lobbying organization is vocally opposing a Trump administration proposal to ban certain rebates from drug companies to PBMs that could fundamentally threaten the industry’s business model.
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The last most salient reason is for the federal government, especially of the current one, is to not be able to make any decisions for the citizens of our nation.
The current administration is not in the least concerned about the citizens who are in need of their healthcare issues. Thus it should to be solely between the physicians and their patients.
Was anything different expected? It is a war for PBMs. They will buy every legislature to make sure that patient’s hide is always scalped.