LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky pharmacists are calling on Governor Andy Beshear to ensure state regulators enforce a law designed to limit the power of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the middlemen who negotiate prescription drug prices.

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The push comes after Attorney General Russell Coleman issued what the Kentucky Pharmacists Association is calling a “thoughtful advisory opinion” supporting enforcement of Senate Bill 188.

Background: What are PBMs?

Pharmacy benefit managers are supposed to help patients by negotiating prescription drug prices. However, many independent pharmacists argue that PBMs actually make

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