In the News

Our CEO – Linda Cahn – is a nationally recognized expert who is often contacted and quoted by the press, including the New York Times, Barron’s, Bloomberg and many health periodicals.

Immediately below we attach a list of articles quoting Linda, beginning with the most recent. We also provide a list of periodicals, enabling you to review articles carried by specific journals.

Many of these articles provide useful information about prescription drug issues. We hope you will find them to be of assistance.



Inflation Reduction Act Will Mean Big Price Increases On Prescription Drugs

12 Aug, 2022 0.

By Linda Cahn, August 12, 2022

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Federal PBM Probe Culminates Decades of M&A

14 Jun, 2022 0.

By Nona Tepper and Maya Goldman, June 14, 2022

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Insurers Slam Critical Drug-Pricing Research But Can’t Vouch For Their Own

09 Dec, 2021 0.

By Marty Schladen, December 9, 2021.

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‘For good rather than evil’: Mark Cuban and an employer’s coalition to launch new PBMs to lower drug costs

25 Oct, 2021 0.

By Ed Silverman, October 24, 2021.

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Kansas audited its $80 million CVS prescription plan, but it’s still shrouded in mystery

01 Oct, 2021 0.

By Celia Llopis-Jansen, October, 1, 2021.

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Pharmacy Middlemen Sue To Stop Rebate Transparency

22 Aug, 2021 0.

By Marty Schladen, August 20, 2021

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Expert warns: Ohio Medicaid Poised for Big Trouble

21 Oct, 2020 0.

By Marty Schladen, August 27, 2020

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Is Ohio’s Revamp On Drug Middlemen Working

08 Dec, 2019 0.

By Cathy Candisky and Darrel Rowland, December 8, 2019.

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Even After A Few Years of Drug Price Reforms Across the US, PBMs Are Still Finding Ways Around Them

08 Dec, 2019 0.

By Marty Schladen, December 8, 2019.

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Ohio Medicaid Still Hemorrhaging Money, Expert Testifies

21 Nov, 2019 0.

By Cathy Candisky, November 21, 2019

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New ‘Transparent’ Setup for Medicaid Drug Purchase will be Secret to Public

18 Apr, 2019 0.

By Marty Schladen. April 18, 2019.

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More Sunshine, Say Some PBM Forecasts. More of the Dark Arts, Say Others.

01 Mar, 2019 0.

By Robert Calandra. March 1, 2019.

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State’s New Drug Setup Still Riddled With Loopholes

10 Feb, 2019 0.

By Marty Schladen. February 10, 2019.

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‘PBM Busters’ Find Employers Unaware of Price Mark-Ups By Drug Middlemen

24 Dec, 2018 0.

By Lucas Sullivan. December 24, 2018.

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CVS Caremark Wants To Make Drug Rebates a Thing of the Past

06 Dec, 2018 0.

December 6, 2018.

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CVS Boasts That A New Pricing Model Will Lower Drug Costs For Health Plans. Will It?

05 Dec, 2018 0.

By Ed Silverman. December 5, 2018.

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FDA Promised a ‘Lower-Cost Option’ to Epi-Pen, But the Price Isn’t Any Lower

27 Nov, 2018 0.

By Ed Silverman. November 27, 2018.

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What Rebates? Express Scripts Touts A New Plan To Appease Critics Of The Opaque Drug-Pricing System

13 Nov, 2018 0.

By Ed Silverman. November 13, 2018.

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More States, Including Pa., Are Taking On Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Demanding To See the Savings In Medicaid

09 Nov, 2018 0.

By Catherine Dunn. November 9, 2018.

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The Unclear Benefits of Drug Price Coalitions

27 Sep, 2018 0.

By Bob Herman. September 27, 2018.

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Never Mind the Rebates. Maybe Behind-the-Scenes Fees Are Boosting Drug Prices

16 Aug, 2018 0.

By Ed Silverman. August 16, 2018.

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In Prescription Drug Business, Will Amazon Partner with PBMs, Or Seek to Conquer Them?

16 Jul, 2018 0.

By Casey Ross. July 16, 2018.

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Ohio Peels Back The Curtain On A Lucrative PBM Profit Center

22 Jun, 2018 0.

By Ed Silverman. June 22, 2018.

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AWP: Three little letters that could affect your wallet and health

14 Jun, 2018 0.

By Darrel Rowland and Cathy Candisky, June 13, 2018

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What New Jersey’s Drug Plan Do-Over Says About the Industry

16 May, 2018 0.

By Bob Herman. May 16, 2018.

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Drug prices continue to climb despite barrage of criticism

26 Mar, 2018 0.

By Angelica LaVito. March 21, 2018.

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United Healthcare will pass some rebates to consumers, but will this really lower drug prices?

06 Mar, 2018 0.

By Ed Silverman. March 6, 2018.

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Washington is taking aim at drug industry middlemen. But can it break their grip on a captive market?

16 Feb, 2018 0.

By Casey Ross. February 16, 2018.

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Long-Dreaded Amazon Threat to Drug Middlemen Draws Closer

30 Jan, 2018 0.

By Robert Langreth and Zachary Taylor. January 30, 2018.

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PBMs: Will the Amazon Cometh?

01 Dec, 2017 0.

By Robert Calandra. December 1, 2017.

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Congress Needs the Political Courage to Defy the Drug Manufacturer Lobby

17 Nov, 2017 0.

Linda Cahn, Op-Ed Contributor. November 17, 2017.

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Hey, Amazon: As a pharmacy benefit manager, you could create real competition for drug prices

15 Nov, 2017 0.

Op-Ed by Linda Cahn. November 15, 2017.

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Time to Lift the Curtain on PBM Wheeling and Dealing

27 Oct, 2017 0.

by Robert Calandra.

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How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty Pill

20 Jun, 2017 0.

by Marshall Allen. June 20, 2017.

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How Two Common Medications Became One $455 Million Specialty Pill

20 Jun, 2017 0.

by Marshall Allen. June 20, 2017.

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Q&A (with Linda Cahn): Pharma and PBMs are in a ‘Two Step Dance’ that Raises Drug Prices

13 Jun, 2017 0.

by Ed Silverman. June 13, 2017.

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How ‘Price-Cutting’ Middlemen Are Making Crucial Drugs Vastly More Expensive

09 Jun, 2017 0.

by Michael Hiltzik. June 9, 2017.

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No Quick Cure for Express Scripts’ Ailing Shares

05 Jun, 2017 0.

by Bill Alpert. June 5, 2017.

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A Drug Quintupled in Price. Now, Drug Industry Players Are Feuding Over the Windfall

01 Jun, 2017 0.

by Charles Orenstein and Katie Thomas. June 1, 2017.

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Express Scripts Sues Manufacturer of Overdose Treatments

01 Jun, 2017 0.

by Angela Mueller. June 2017.

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Express Scripts Sues Maker of Overdose Drug, Intensifying Feud

31 May, 2017 0.

by Katie Thomas and Charles Orenstein. May 31, 2017.

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A Drug Quintupled in Price. Now, Drug Industry Players Are Feuding Over the Windfall

31 May, 2017 0.

by Charles Orenstein and Katie Thomas. May 31, 2017.

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Would Amazon Really Succeed As A Pharmacy Benefit Manager?

18 May, 2017 0.

by Ed Silverman. May 18, 2017.

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Drug Company Says Discount Program Will Lower Prescription Prices

11 May, 2017 0.

Dayton Daily News. May 11, 2017.

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Express Scripts and Some Drug Makers Say They Can Work Together To Lower Costs

08 May, 2017 0.

by Ed Silverman. May 8, 2017.

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Inside the ‘Scorpion Room’ Where Drug Price Secrets Are Guarded

04 May, 2017 0.

by Neil Weinberg and Robert Langreth. May 4, 2017.

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A Secret Profit Formula Loved by Drug Middlemen Is At Risk

26 Apr, 2017 0.

by Robert Langreth and Neil Weinberg. April 26, 2017.

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The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices: How Pharmacy Benefit Managers Morphed From Processors to Predators

03 Apr, 2017 0.

by David Dayen. April 3, 2017.

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Spread Pricing – Marking Up Drug Claims

27 Mar, 2017 0.

As featured on The National Community Pharmacists Association (www.ncpanet.org).

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A New Senate Bill Would Require PBMs to Disclose Some Rebate Info

15 Mar, 2017 0.

by Ed Silverman. March 15, 2017.

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Drug Costs Too High: Fire the Middlemen

03 Mar, 2017 0.

by Neil Weinberg and Robert Langreth. March 3, 2017.

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For E.D., The Doctor is In But the Men Are Staying Away: Physicians Find Men Lack Interest In Seeking Medical Care If They Can’t Get Coverage for Erectile Dysfunction

27 Feb, 2017 0.

by Joseph Burns.

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Could Be In Legislative Crosshairs

03 Jan, 2017 0.

by Christian Britschgi. January 3, 2017.

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The ‘Gouge Factor’: Big Companies Want Transparency In Drug Price Negotiations

02 Aug, 2016 0.

by Ed Silverman. August 2, 2016.

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Under Pressure

23 Jul, 2016 0.

by Bill Alpert. Cover Story, July 23, 2016.

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Pharmacy Managers Unleash Big Data

30 Jun, 2016 0.

by Zachary Tracer. June 30, 2016.

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Drug Spending Increase Slowed to 5.2 Percent Last Year, Express Scripts Says

24 Mar, 2016 0.

by Ed Silverman. March 14, 2016.

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Secret Deals May Mean Consumers Pay More For Drugs

22 Mar, 2016 0.

by Jayne O’Donnell. March 22, 2016.

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Feds Call Prescription Drug Price 2014 Increase ‘Remarkable’

08 Mar, 2016 0.

by Jayne O’Donnell. March 8, 2016.

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An Rx for Specialty Drug Management: Key to Success Lies in Better PBM Contracts, Plan Design Tweaks

27 Oct, 2015 0.

by Bruce Shutan. October 2015.

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Prescription Coalition Leader Warns About Increased Rx Costs From PBMs’ Refill Practices

21 Mar, 2015 0.

as featured on StreetInsider.com

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Drug Coupons Not Good For Patients Either

27 Oct, 2013 0.

as seen on Managed Care Magazine.

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Painful Prescription

23 Oct, 2013 0.

by Katherine Eban. October 28, 2013.

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News Roundup: December 2012

08 Dec, 2012 0.

by Adam Fein. December 18, 2012.

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Buzz Words Collide With Positive Results

27 May, 2012 0.

by John Marcille.

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In Plain View: Linda Cahn Makes The Case for PBM Fee Disclosure

01 May, 2008 0.

by Molly Bernhart. Cover Story - May 2008.

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Amazon is Headed for the Prescription Drug Market, Analysis Say,

06 Oct, 2007 0.

Robert Langreth and Spencer Soper. October 6, 2007.

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Medco Health’s ‘Aggravating’ Case: A Setback on a Class-Action Settlement Could Nettle the Big Pharmacy, Observers Say

16 Dec, 2005 0.

by Melissa Davis. December 16, 2005.

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Appeals Court Orders A Review of Medco Settlement Challenge

13 Dec, 2005 0.

By Mil Freudenheim. December 13, 2005.

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U.S. Accuses Merck Unit of Cheating Health Plan

24 Jun, 2003 0.

By Milt Freudenheim. June 24, 2003.

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Merck to Pay $42.5 Million to Settle Lawsuits Against Its Pharmacy-Benefit Unit

10 Dec, 2002 0.

By Milt Freudenheim. December 10, 2002.

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