Dozens of state attorneys general are urging Congress to pass a law prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from simultaneously owning pharmacies, arguing such a move would boost competition and create more affordable prescription drug prices for Americans. Their concern is these arrangements create conflicts of interest that allow pharmacy benefits managers to dominate the design of health plans for tens of millions of Americans, and also distort the distribution and pricing for prescription medicines. The companies are able to do so, the attorneys general maintained, by favoring their own affiliated pharmacies at the expense of independent drug stores.
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Source: https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/04/14/pbm-pharmacy-pharmacies-attorney-cvs-unitedhealth-cigna-medicines-competition/