Alaska Becomes Latest State To Regulate PBMs

September 6, 2018 at 3:42 PM
This week Alaska became the latest state to require pharmacy benefit managers be licensed. The bill, which passed the legislature via unanimous consent earlier this year, also bans gag clauses and lays out guardrails for PBM audits of pharmacies. “Big money lobbyists and the insurance companies they work for have fought for nearly a decade to prevent a bill like House Bill 240 from passing. We got this bill across the finish line this session because saving Alaskans money on...


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