CA Lawmakers Skeptical that Pharma Managers Will Look Out for Consumers

"Consumer advocates and health economists are placing some of the blame on pharmaceutical middlemen, which they say needlessly drive up costs by tacking on fees and withholding discounts as profit."

"(Pharmacy benefit managers) have insinuated themselves into the nerve center of the health system where they exercise enormous leverage over the health plans, over the pharmaceutical manufacturers, over the consumers," bill author Sen. Scott Wiener said. "They're making enormous amounts of money at the expense of consumers."

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