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Connie Farrow

Connie Farrow

Connie Farrow is executive director of Patients Come First-Missouri, a consumer movement aimed at putting patients and consumers back at the forefront of healthcare through advocacy, science, education and collaboration.

Commentary

Two separate reports sound alarm on PBM practices that harm patients, consumers

By: - September 12, 2024

Consumers should be alarmed by two independent reports that accuse pharmacy benefit managers, the influential middlemen in our health care system, of deploying anticompetitive pricing tactics that jeopardize patient care and undermine local pharmacies. The reports by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability echoed concerns long voiced by consumers, doctors, pharmacists […]