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Congress nears spending deal with long-awaited PBM reforms
Congress is on the edge of a deal that would reshape pharmacy benefit managers, extend telehealth access, and renew certain public health authorities.
The language of the government funding package has not been publicly released as of Monday night and could still change, but sources indicate some longtime health care policy priorities are making the cut for the year-end spending deal, Rachel Cohrs Zhang reports.