Consumer Confidential: Dizzying prescriptions for drug price cuts
by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times
Oct 23, 2017
3 minutes
The sky-high cost of prescription meds was back in the spotlight last week. First, President Donald Trump said drug prices "are out of control" and drug companies are "getting away with murder."
Then came news that the country's second-largest health insurer, Anthem, will partner with CVS to launch its own pharmacy-benefit management business, or PBM - a move that Anthem said could save as much as $4 billion a year, which may be reflected in lower costs for patients.
A PBM runs the prescription-drug plans for insurers, employers and government
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