Support for State Pharmacy Benefit Laws Floods SCOTUS (Correct)

The U.S. Supreme Court received a flurry of briefs from health industry players and lawmakers who say the court should preserve states’ ability to rein in the harmful practices of pharmacy benefit managers like Express Scripts, CVS/Caremark, and OptumRX.

The court is being urged to revive an Arkansas law that’s aimed at blocking PBMs from underpaying pharmacies for generic drugs. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down the law in 2018, finding it preempted by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act in a lawsuit filed by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, a trade ...