The House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee convened Wednesday in Washington for a hearing on PBMs. Credit: House Energy and Commerce

Something strange happened in a hearing room on Capitol Hill Wednesday: Republican and Democratic members of the House sometimes seemed to actually understand each other. They even spoke to each other with warmth and some compassion.

All of this occured during a House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee hearing on pharmacy benefit managers, with some of the most conservative Republicans in the House present to support PBM regulation bills.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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