ICYMI: Why PBM reform remains critical for Florida patients
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Florida’s 2023 reforms were an important first step. But affordability challenges persist.
As Florida’s leaders continue to confront affordability challenges facing families and seniors, prescription drug costs remain one of the most persistent financial pressures in household budgets.
While medical innovation has produced remarkable new treatments, the system that determines what patients actually pay for those treatments remains deeply opaque.
At the center of that system are Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), who were originally designed to negotiate discounts from drug manufacturers on behalf of insurers and employers....