Pharmacy benefit managers are the middlemen in the prescription drug market. The Federal Trade Commission reports the revenue of four PBMs exceeds $1 trillion and they control 86% of the market.
At the Senate Finance nomination hearing yesterday, he declined to give a yes-or-no answer about Affordable Care Act tax credit rule renewal.
About 50 retail pharmacies closed across Virginia last year, leaving 20 counties with limited or no access to pharmacies.