There’s a push in Illinois to make big polluters pay for their impact on the climate. And a judge gets in the way of Iowa’s new law that restricts pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs.)
Pharmacy benefit managers are the go-betweens between insurance companies and drug companies to essentially determine prescription drug reimbursement pries. The intent of the law is to protect rural pharmacies.
Host Jim Niedelman discusses that with former Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack and Iowa Republican Party Chair Jeff Kauffmann.
“Something’s got to be done about these PDMS,” Loebsaack said. “They’ve got way too much power …. We’ve got to protect those rural pharmacies.”…