At Finance Hearing, Brown Blasts Healthcare CEO over PBM Practices that Put Local Ohio Pharmacies Out of Business
May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release:
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) blasted UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty over the role that Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) play in driving up costs for families, imposing punitive direct and indirect renumeration (DIR) fees on pharmacies, and the significant role PBMs play in the closure of local pharmacies across Ohio. UnitedHealth Group owns O . . .
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) blasted UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty over the role that Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) play in driving up costs for families, imposing punitive direct and indirect renumeration (DIR) fees on pharmacies, and the significant role PBMs play in the closure of local pharmacies across Ohio. UnitedHealth Group owns O . . .