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Amanda Vinicky
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Correspondent, WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)
Chicago
Beats
State Government , Politics, Corruption , Utilities, Abraham Lincoln , Campaigns, Higher education, Illinois, Chicago Pensions
I no longer cover the pharmaceutical industry.
Content
What Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers? Illinois Lawmakers Target Industry They Say Drives Up Prescription Costs
By Amanda Vinicky Verified| Our Community Now@ Health At first blush, it seems basic. After a doctor writes a prescription, a patient gets it filled at a pharmacy. But the pharmacy isn’t in full control. There’s a go-between: a pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, which negotiates prices with wholesalers, sets reimbursement rates on drugs and compiles the lists of which medicines an insurer will cover (known as formularies).
US Department of Justice Targets New Illinois Law Requiring Nonprofits to Post Leadership Demographics
By Amanda Vinicky Verified| Our Community Now@ The U.S. Department of Justice, already suing Illinois in an effort to strike down the state’s sanctuary protections for undocumented immigrants, wants to use its heft to take out another Illinois law. In January, the American Alliance for Equal Rights went to federal court alleging that Illinois is unconstitutionally forcing private entities to discriminate with its first-in-the-nation law requiring nonprofits to post online the demographics of their leadership.
What Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers? Illinois Lawmakers Target Industry They Say Drives Up Prescription Costs
By Amanda Vinicky Verified| Our Community Now@ Health At first blush, it seems basic. After a doctor writes a prescription, a patient gets it filled at a pharmacy. But the pharmacy isn’t in full control. There’s a go-between: a pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, which negotiates prices with wholesalers, sets reimbursement rates on drugs and compiles the lists of which medicines an insurer will cover (known as formularies).
Company Info
WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)