Pharmacies shutter in rural Arkansas as PBM's complicate access to essential medications
- ABC7
- Dec 18, 2025
- 1 min read
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.





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