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7 things you need to know about the PBM reforms signed into law this week

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PBM reform has finally made its way through Congress and was signed into law by President Donald Trump. Here are seven things you need to know about the law.

Experts and interested parties are digging into the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform provisions that were included in the massive spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on Feb. 3. We spoke to several of them and read some (not all) of the bill’s language ourselves. Here are seven things to know to understand PBM reform.

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