Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform: Fact or Fiction? Laura Tollen Benjamin N. Rome March 24, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he20260218.815137/full/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=linkedin+newsletter&utm_campaign=insidermarketing&utm_content=eventspecific Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform: Fact or Fiction? President Donald Trump recently signed a spending package, ending a short government shutdown. The spending measure includes $116 billion for HHS as well as reforms for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Some experts are unclear how impactful these reforms might be to the pharmaceutical space. On March 24, Benjamin Rome , assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, will join Health Affairs’ Laura Tollen to get Insiders up to speed on PBMs, potential reform, and how these new measures may affect industry.