DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A group of independent pharmacists met with Congressman Buddy Carter and FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson at the Briarcliff Pharmacy on Clairmont Road Tuesday.

What they're saying:

Pharmacist Jonathan Marquess explained how pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are cutting into their bottom line.

"Every day drugs go out the door at a loss," Marquess explained.

Dig deeper:

PBMs are the middlemen of the prescription drug world.

They decide what drugs consumers can get, how much they'll pay, negotiate prices with drug companies and determine how much a pharmacy earns on each prescription.

What they're saying:

Carter said a handful of PBMs are controlling drug pricing, and independent pharmacists often get reimbursed less than what it costs them to fill a prescriptio

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