Pritzker Signs Health Care Legislation

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* ICYMI: Pritzker signs health care legislation. Capitol News Illinois… Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of health care-related bills Tuesday that he said would put more controls on the pricing of pharmaceutical drugs sold through insurance plans while expanding insurance coverage for certain kinds of hospital costs. House Bill 1697, known as the Prescription [...]

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One bill establishes a grant program that will distribute $25 million a year in financial support for independent pharmacies, funded through a tax levied on pharmacy benefit managers operating in Illinois.

Pritzker signs health care legislation

The Prescription Drug Affordability Act will impose new restrictions on practices of pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, a powerful but little-understood segment of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Ill. (WTVO) — Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill into law that would lower prescription drug prices on July 7th. Lawmakers in Springfield have been aiming to lower prescription drug prices with the Prescription Drug Affordability Board Act since the bill was proposed in January. This came after Biden's executive order that lowered prescription drug prices was removed. The act would create the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, which would se…