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States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the ... - ClickOnDetroit States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage them for health plans John Hanna Associated Press Published: June 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM Updated: June 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM Full Screen 1 / 5 Previous photo Next photo Bottles of medications sit on shelves at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna) Kat Knoxsah, a pharmacy technician fills a prescription at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna) Kat Knoxsah, a pharmacy technician at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy collects medications to fill prescriptions in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna) This photo provided by Lisa Gales, shows the Main Street Pharmacy in Coldwater, Kan., in August 2018. (Lisa Gales via AP) This photo provided by CVS shows pharmacist Seth White filling a prescription at a CVS pharmacy in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (CVS via AP) Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Bottles of medications sit on shelves at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Ka…

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States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage ... Audio By Carbonatix TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, also own pharmacies, and one of them, CVS, has spent millions of dollars fighting the regulations. Affordability is a key issue ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Legislators in at least a dozen states passed laws this year to limit compensation to the companies, set minimum payments from the companies to pharmacists and require the companies to disclose more information to their clients, states and the public. A Tennessee law will bar pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail pharmacies as of July 1, 2028, though CVS Health Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit to avoid having to close its 136 pharmacies there. About 6 in 10 U.S. adults said in a poll conducted earlier this year by healthcare research nonprofit KFF that they were at least somewhat worried about being able to afford their prescriptions. About 4 in 10 said costs had le…

Dozens of states tackle high prescription drug costs Medications are stored on shelves at a pharmacy in Los Angeles. States have gotten creative in trying to lower patients’ prescription drug copays by targeting different parts of the drug supply chain. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more areconsideringfollowing suit. States cannot lower drug prices directly, but they can go after different parts of the drug supply chain to try to lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs and reduce excessive spending in state-run health plans. Nearly two-thirds of the new state laws are aimed at pharmacy benefit managers — the drug middlemen who negotiate deals among the manufacturers that make the drugs, the insurers that allow the drugs to be prescribed, and the pharmacies that sell them. Several states are considering drug affordability review boards. Others have passed laws to hold manufacturers and PBMs to higher transparency standards. “So a lot of states went into looking at drug costs — trying to understand and follow the dollar,” said Mau…

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States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that … Bottles of medications sit on shelves at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. John Hanna/AP Photo/John Hanna Kat Knoxsah, a pharmacy technician fills a prescription at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. John Hanna/AP Photo/John Hanna Kat Knoxsah, a pharmacy technician at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy collects medications to fill prescriptions in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. John Hanna/AP Photo/John Hanna This photo provided by Lisa Gales, shows the Main Street Pharmacy in Coldwater, Kan., in August 2018. (Lisa Gales via AP) Lisa Gales/Lisa Gales via AP This photo provided by CVS shows pharmacist Seth White filling a prescription at a CVS pharmacy in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (CVS via AP) CVS via AP TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, also own pharmacies, and one of them, CVS, has spent millions of dollars f…

States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage ... Legislators across the U.S. are trying to lower prescription costs by reining in big companies that handle drug coverage for health insurers TOPEKA, Kan. --As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, also own pharmacies, and one of them, CVS, has spent millions of dollars fighting the regulations. Affordability is a key issue ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Legislators in at least a dozen states passed laws this year to limit compensation to the companies, set minimum payments from the companies to pharmacists and require the companies to disclose more information to their clients, states and the public. A Tennessee law will bar pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail pharmacies as of July 1, 2028, though CVS Health Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit to avoid having to close its 136 pharmacies there. About 6 in 10 U.S. adults said ina poll conducted earlier this yearby healthcare research nonprofit KFF that t…

States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that manage ... Bottles of medications sit on shelves at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna) Kat Knoxsah, a pharmacy technician fills a prescription at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna) Kat Knoxsah, a pharmacy technician at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy collects medications to fill prescriptions in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna) This photo provided by Lisa Gales, shows the Main Street Pharmacy in Coldwater, Kan., in August 2018. (Lisa Gales via AP) This photo provided by CVS shows pharmacist Seth White filling a prescription at a CVS pharmacy in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (CVS via AP) TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, also own pharmacies, and one of them, CVS, has spent millions of dollars fighting the regulations. Affordability is a key iss…

States seek to lower drug prices by targeting the companies that ... By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, also own pharmacies, and one of them, CVS, has spent millions of dollars fighting the regulations. Affordability is a key issue ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Legislators in at least a dozen states passed laws this year to limit compensation to the companies, set minimum payments from the companies to pharmacists and require the companies to disclose more information to their clients, states and the public. A Tennessee law will bar pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail pharmacies as of July 1, 2028, though CVS Health Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit to avoid having to close its 136 pharmacies there. About 6 in 10 U.S. adults said in a poll conducted earlier this year by healthcare research nonprofit KFF that they were at least somewhat worried about being able to afford their prescriptions. About 4 in 10 said costs had…