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- Insurance industry has mixed feelings on ACA
The health insurance industry stands to gain millions of new, healthy subscribers when the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, but industry executives dislike some provisions in the law. Many worry that parts of the law will be repealed while popular pieces are left in place, such as requiring coverage of people with pre-existing conditions. The Washington Post/The Associated Press
(10/28)     
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- Report: Most online pharmacies are "rogue" operations
About 97% of online pharmacies do not operate in compliance with U.S. pharmacy laws and standards, a survey of more than 10,000 online pharmacies found. Of the sites reviewed, 8,594 do not require that customers have valid prescriptions, 4,832 offer foreign drugs or drugs that are not FDA-approved and 3,708 are hosted on foreign servers, the survey by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy found. Drug Store News
(10/29)
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PCMA is the national association representing America's pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which administer prescription drug plans for more than 210 million Americans with health coverage provided through Fortune
500 employers, health insurance plans, labor unions, and Medicare Part D. PCMA is dedicated to enhancing the proven tools and techniques pioneered by PBMs that generate savings and access for consumers and payors.
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