Plaintiffs, independent pharmacies, claimed the defendants “have vertically integrated” with health care giants such as insurance companies, health care providers, drug private labelers and others. As a result, the complaints say, pharmacy benefits managers use anticompetitive methods to suppress reimbursements for discount card payments, which allegedly causes stand-alone pharmacies to suffer and even go out of business.
Plaintiffs, independent pharmacies, claimed the defendants “have vertically integrated” with health care giants such as insurance companies, health care providers, drug private labelers and others. As a result, the complaints say, pharmacy benefits managers use anticompetitive methods to suppress reimbursements for discount card payments, which allegedly causes stand-alone pharmacies to suffer and even go out of business.
