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2025 health care agenda: Pharmacy benefit manager regulation

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Richard Payerchin

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Pharmacy benefit managers started as a good idea, but now they siphon off money that should benefit patients through lower drug costs, said Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina). Congress needs to address this issue in 2025, he said.

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