@sacramentobee: In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill placing new restrictions on pharmacy benefits managers — or PBMs — which manage health insurers’ prescription drug benefits, create formularies and negotiate fees and rebates. Now independent pharmacy owners are taking measure of the final legislation, and assessing what it may mean for their businesses. The bill prohibits PBMs from steering patients toward their affiliated pharmacies, or reimbursing nonaffiliated pharmacies less. It also bans spread pricing, the practice of charging insurers more than the PBM pays the pharmacy. To read more, click check out sacbee.com ✍️: Annika Merrilees 📷️: Paul Kitagaki Jr. #news #pharmacy #healthcare #pbms #california #law #government
wait so Kaiser has to cover meds from non Kaiser pharmacy?
2025-12-16 21:42:30
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Valasaurus Rex :
I'm so proud to live in California
2025-12-17 15:57:44
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Estefania Colmenares :
that is amazing! my husband's asthma inhaler is way cheaper if we go through express scripts verus costco. this will make me go to independent phamarchy as well. 🥰
2025-12-16 23:03:05
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Roman :
Newsome should have done this long time ago!!! But why Now?
2025-12-16 22:52:01
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Fabián :
Kaiser 🤔 the only one that thrives is the institution
2025-12-17 06:26:49
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AustinIsGood :
(Not a Californian) but this is great! We can’t keep pushing the entire population towards CVS and Walgreens when they obviously are not willing to keep up with the volume and push more and more onto their employees.
2025-12-18 01:14:21
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jdbrakke :
Insurance companies just want to play games. It helps so much when we can actually respond by making rules! Wonderful policy
2025-12-27 05:23:56
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strange_love_71 :
WOW! I had no idea this was going on that it needed a law… 😳
2025-12-17 03:09:32
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Quilting :
Ayyy that’s my pharmacist
2025-12-17 03:58:45
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Michelle Frost :
This is fame. Because this is not what i was told
2025-12-18 17:32:52
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𝒪𝓃𝓁𝓎𝟣𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒜𝓇𝓂𝓎🇺🇸 :
Huh? I thought it was always like this everywhere?
2025-12-17 16:15:19
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Crystal Cherry-Blossoms 🌸 :
LEADERSHIP 👏👏👏
2025-12-17 13:08:55
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Corax Enjoyer :
Bring this to Massachusetts!
2025-12-20 15:41:23
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C̠C̠V̠i̠g̠n̠e̠ :
This is great news! Thanks for sharing
2025-12-17 17:31:05
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Lena Liz :
Thank goodness. I got frustrated when I kept getting bounced from pharmacy to pharmacy because my insurance wasn't contracted to deal with my insurance company.
2025-12-17 16:20:36
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beth.genton :
Clint 💯
2025-12-18 05:30:43
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Marie :
That’s great 😃
2025-12-17 07:03:58
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Kinder Medicine Fan Club :
healthcare reform is happening😇
2025-12-18 00:25:09
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Roxie :
Ugh I wish Texas would incorporate this into our state. HELP!!
2025-12-18 14:18:25
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Diana Prince 🆘🇺🇸 :
What I'm now seeing then do is only cover 90 day rx at their pharmacy.
2025-12-17 17:44:38
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🦋Cori💋💋 :
Thank you, Newsom!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
2025-12-17 15:46:49
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lucasdevaughn :
will be interesting to see since Costco only covers medications at Costco or their specialty pharmacy.
2025-12-17 16:20:34
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Jazmine :
Finally 🥰
2025-12-17 18:26:33
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NBEC2022CHAMP :
WHOS Pharmacy?!?!?!
2025-12-17 10:58:35
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hills :
so was the vote yes a good thing or no
2025-12-16 22:30:37
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