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CMS Proposes $0 Medicare Drug Copays, New Doctor Directory Protections, and PBM Oversight

Some low-income Medicare beneficiaries could eventually pay nothing for certain prescription medications under a new federal proposal that also targets inaccurate doctor directories and pharmacy benefit manager practices.

The Free Financial Advisor · Oct 23

UCSF Researchers Call for Limits on Drug Rebates After Tracing Undisclosed Ties Between PBMs and Opioid Makers

A UCSF study says PBMs had undisclosed financial ties to opioid makers and urges ending rebates. What it means for lawsuits and your prescriptions.

Medical Daily · Oct 13

Arizona Sues Express Scripts and Optum, Alleging Drug Middlemen Steered Opioid Coverage Toward Profit for Two Decades

Arizona's attorney general alleges Express Scripts and Optum put opioid makers' payments ahead of patient safety for more than 20 years. The claims are unproven.

Medical Daily · Oct 3

Billionaire Mark Cuban Says America’s Drug Pricing System Makes Patients Pay the Highest Price, ‘Make It Make Sense. It Doesn’t.’

In Senate testimony, Cuban compared pharmacy benefit managers to Amazon’s control over online sellers, arguing that PBMs use their power over formularies to keep list prices high while patients, employers, pharmacies, and taxpayers absorb the damage.

Barchart · Jun 9

Forced to sell medications at a loss, rural Texas pharmacies seek new survival tactics

Independent rural pharmacists are starting other businesses or selling baby shower gifts to keep their stores operating. Pharmacy deserts affect 4 million Texans.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 26

Trump promised lower drug prices. Here's how Congress virtually guaranteed the opposite

Mark Cuban says we wouldn't pay for potato chips like this. Congress is complicating things even more.

Fortune · Mar 4

TrumpRx is here and it helps, though a bit less than advertised

Trump's Republican Party continues to shift toward government market interventionism.

Fortune · Feb 11

Mark Cuban on the $38 trillion national debt and the absurdity of U.S. healthcare: we wouldn't pay for potato chips like this

"Can you imagine if a Pringles distributor paid full retail to Pringles and then sold to grocery stores for full retail, and then the grocery stores had to wait for a rebate?"

Fortune · Jan 6

Unmask The Lie: The Reason Your Local Pharmacy Always Runs Out Of Meds

Walk into your local pharmacy, and you may find the same story repeated: the medication you rely on is “out of stock.” For seniors managing...

Saving Advice · Nov 28, 2025

Mark Cuban says Trump’s new drug platform could succeed if it forces pharma managers to change: ‘If that happens, Trump gets all the credit’

Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs, which he founded in 2022, similarly provides direct-to-consumer discounted pharmaceuticals.

Fortune · Oct 2, 2025