Health Care Reform

The vote will help HealthCare.gov move ahead with tougher application rules and new product strategies.

A Republican and a Democrat also want the increasingly popular NADAC benchmark to include mail-order pharmacy drug prices.

Overall PBM satisfaction held at 7.2 out of 10, close to its lowest mark in a decade and down from 8.2 in 2021.

Gavin Newsom also signed a rare disease drug bill, but he vetoed a health plan prior authorization standards bill.

Keith Sonderling has talked about implementing new pharmacy benefit manager transparency rules and creating benefits for gig workers.

The bill calls for federal regulators to establish "free" access to OTC birth control pills for patients with commercial health coverage.