Pooja Dhupati

Business/Policy, Policy

PBMs and Drug Pricing: Who’s Really Footing the Bill?

By Pooja Dhupati

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) represent over 266 million Americans as third party administrators managing the selection, purchase and distribution of pharmaceuticals on behalf of health insurers, union health plans and government purchasers. Functioning as brokers between drug payers,...

Business/Policy, Policy

How Pharmaceutical Monopolies Cost Us All

By Pooja Dhupati

About one-quarter of U.S. adults report delaying filling prescription medications, skipping doses, or cutting pills due to cost according to Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2022 Health Care Debt Survey. A convoluted web of factors drives high prescription drug prices...