Republicans and Democrats Find a Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio Sept. 28, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/pharmacy-benefit-managers-pbms-drug-costs-common-ground-tennessee/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--dDY3_u0No9JfjWF98os4mcf8Zk0aUn7Ovly0nWt-qE56D7uOGwQdr3vh6LMQ665DQR92_hM6JCQnBm68XMhc7gOUWmw&_hsmi=441266635&utm_content=441266635&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Republicans And Democrats Find A Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers Amye Joseph says America’s political polarization has made it an “interesting time” in her Tennessee household. She and her husband, Charlie, have been married 35 years. She’s a Republican. He’s a Democrat. But their shared disenchantment with profit-driven healthcare has provided a unifying target: pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs. The Josephs’ frustration is focused on CVS Health. The conglomerate, which reported $400 billion in revenue last year, includes a major health insurer (Aetna), one of the country’s dominant PBMs (CVS Caremark), and America’s largest retail pharmacy chain. (Farmer, 9/28)