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How did Medicare spend $3B on extra drugs? A report links early refills and mail-order policies to waste and safety risks. A new report has found that Medicare spent nearly $3 billion on unnecessary ...

Early prescription refills by U.S. pharmacies cost Medicare and patients $3B in 2021–2023, with mail-order pharmacies run by UnitedHealth (UNH) and Humana (HUM) leading the cost overruns, according to ...

Excessive prescription refilling by mail-order pharmacies leaves piles of unneeded pills. “Every time, there are 15 extra ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey has announced a lawsuit against what he calls an “architect” of the opioid crisis in West Virginia. The lawsuit, filed on ...

Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced a lawsuit against Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager, alleging its central role in the opioid crisis. The lawsuit claims St. Louis-based Express ...

After years of training and preparation, Geistown native Daniel Barefoot has reportedly secured a spot on the Winter Olympics skeleton sled racing roster.While North Star football opens all coaching ...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A locally-owned pharmacy chain is alerting customers to an impending change after the company was recently notified that a national pharmaceutical group is planning to ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — It's just over a week since pharmacy benefit managers CVS and Express Scripts sued the state of Arkansas over a new monopoly-busting law prohibiting PBMs—middlemen who set drug ...

There have been several recent efforts to crack down on pharmacy benefit managers, from bills in Congress to an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. But the state of Arkansas has been the ...

CVS and Express Scripts filed separate lawsuits recently challenging a new Arkansas law they say aims to put them out of business in the state. Act 624, which takes effect in January, bars PBMs from ...