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Thursday, December 22, 2011

postheadericon PBMs NOT the friend of consumers

In a Nov. 28 opinion piece on The Hill’s Congress Blog (“PBMs Save us Billions of Dollars”), Jonathan Orszag portrays pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) as the best friend of consumers. In defending the upcoming merger of two PBMs, Express Scripts and Medco, Orszag claims the transaction will save the health system money. But Orszag seems to lose sight of the interests of the ultimate consumer here â€" the patient.

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