An Arkansas bill that would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail and mail-order pharmacies was passed by the state senate and is now headed to Gov. Sarah Sanders, the first time such a bill has gotten this far down the legislative path in the United States. The bill is designed to eliminate what state — and some federal — lawmakers have called a conflict of interest that has forced residents to pay more for medicines and hastened the demise of independent pharmacies. And it arrives as scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers and their role in the opaque pricing of prescription drugs has increased dramatically.
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Source: https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/04/10/pbm-cvs-unitedhealth-cigna-arkansas-conflicts-pharmacies-pharmacy/