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Blue Shield of California Launches New Digital Tool for Medication Transparency
09 Aug 2025 03:01 GMT
… after Blue Shield of California launched another digital tool … January, Blue Shield of California also launched its new … CVS Caremark — for its prescription drug benefit. Amazon provides home delivery … ahead, Blue Shield of California plans to launch additional …
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Will California finally license pharmacy benefit managers and rein in prescription drug costs?
26 Jul 2025 15:53 GMT
… , will determine whether California finally gets into gear … earlier this year. “California is already behind other … the costs for the prescription drug benefits they provide employees.”
Lopes … publication that reports from California on the most pressing …
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Conservatives, Let’s Not Make California’s Overregulation Mistake
09 Jun 2025 04:39 GMT
… knows, it’s that California regulates…well, everything. San … -party companies that manage prescription drug benefits for health insurance plans, … the same effects as California’s high taxes, chasing … should trend more in California Governor Gavin Newsom’s …
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Newsom to decide on health care proposals targeting insulin prices, privacy rights and more
17 Sep 2025 12:40 GMT
… privacy.
This year, California lawmakers backed at least … on companies that control prescription drug benefits.
Newsom vetoed a … on abortion restrictions, California lawmakers are seeking to … way.”
Supported by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF …
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A Current Snapshot of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit
09 Oct 2024 23:11 GMT
… D is a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit for people with Medicare provided … York to 18 PDPs in California (Figure 2). In addition, beneficiaries …
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Drug compounding advocate talks Alabama regulations, GLP-1 “frenzy”
12 Sep 2025 12:43 GMT
… it right up there with California and New York and Florida … drugs from manufacturers and managing prescription drug benefits.
The law prohibits PBMs from …
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Older Immigrants and Medicare – Justice in Aging
10 Sep 2025 14:59 GMT
… in Part D, the prescription drug benefit. Enrollees with both Part … in the Part D prescription drug benefit if they have … Medicaid benefits, such as California. Immigrants otherwise eligible for … ” immigrant status.[45] California is stopping new enrollment …
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California Democrats clash over how to rein in drug industry middlemen
12 Feb 2025 19:22 GMT
… that hire them to oversee prescription drug benefits.
But the proposal, … $7 million combined lobbying California lawmakers and the Newsom … costs.
In addition to California, PBM proposals have been … .”
Under current law, California requires PBMs to disclose …
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Health insurance chaos awaits young Americans when they turn 26
02 Sep 2025 08:39 GMT
… by seeking coverage on the California insurance marketplace that would ensure … should offer, such as better prescription drug benefits, defined copays for X-rays …
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Time for California to act: save community pharmacy and sign SB 966
20 Sep 2024 07:13 GMT
… , and pharmaceutical manufacturers. They manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurers, employers … Texas. It is time for California to act.
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