Kansas pharmacies, governor celebrate law regulating health care middlemen

EL Dorado, Kan. (KSNW) — Earlier in the year, a bipartisan bill went into effect aimed at keeping healthcare costs down and local pharmacies alive by regulating ‘pharmacy benefit managers.’

On Friday, Gov. Laura Kelly ceremonially signed it into law, despite it taking effect in April. It’s part of a larger, national push from legislators to rein in the so-called middlemen.

The new law is being hailed as a major win by local pharmacists and Kelly…

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