Minnesota Independent Pharmacists, a nonprofit organization, reported that six independent pharmacies closed in Minnesota in 2025, with another three closing in 2026 so far.

Dr. Allison Leopold’s story was the first to put a spotlight on the corporate-academic entanglement.

It’s a start… but not even close to the kind of comprehensive legislative reform we need.

The House Judiciary Committee, led by Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), opened an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by the company’s PBM, CVS Caremark, in December 2024, seeking to examine the company’s relationship with pharmaceutical hubs, third-party online services designed to streamline patient access to complex specialty medication and increase price transparency.

Excessive refilling is common practice at U.S. mail-order pharmacies, a Journal analysis of Medicare prescription data found, flooding the homes of seniors with extra drugs. Too-frequent refills by all U.S. pharmacies cost Medicare and patients $3 billion between 2021 and 2023, the analysis found.

Congress is debating health insurance this week. A bipartisan deal is unlikely. It’s achievable, though. I know that because last week I introduced bipartisan drug-pricing legislation.

Excessive refilling is common practice at U.S. mail-order pharmacies, a Journal analysis of Medicare prescription data found, flooding the homes of seniors with extra drugs. Too-frequent refills by all U.S. pharmacies cost Medicare and patients $3 billion between 2021 and 2023, the analysis found.

Companies like CVS, Express Scripts, and Optum RX sued the state claiming the law harms interstate commerce and puts them at a competitive disadvantage. Under the act, PBM's would either have to cease operations in Arkansas or close pharmacies that they operate.

In other words: "PBMs pay libertarian lobby firm to write a hit piece about new West Virginia law"

The first of its kind in the country, this advisory from the Louisiana Department of Insurance directs PBMs on adopting a “cost plus” methodology (considered the gold standard for reimbursement reform) after the passing of state legislation establishing new reimbursement requirements.