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How California’s Crackdown on PBMs Could Raise, Not Lower, Drug Costs

California Governor Gavin Newsom has joined the growing war on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) by signing SB-41. The bill contains a raft of technical regulations designed to make life difficult for PBMs. This is the wrong approach. Attacking PBMs will send drug prices up, not down. PBMs serve consumers. They negotiate drug prices with large. Continue reading How California’s Crackdown on PBMs Could Raise, Not Lower, Drug Costs The post How California’s Crackdown on PBMs Could Raise, Not Lower, Drug Costs appeared first on Fair Observer.

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The Climate Cult Fails Europe

Brussels’ climate policy a poverty engine — one that is systematically draining Europe’s industrial base in global competition. The roadmap is already set: in the coming years, the EU and its member states will make both businesses and consumers pay even more for CO2 emissions. BASF CEO Markus Kamieth warns of the enormous destructive potential of this policy. Truth comes on pigeon feet — Friedrich Nietzsche already knew that. And apparently, the same applies to European climate policy: slowly, but inevitably, the reality of the true costs of the green transformation and its impact on Germany’s industrial foundation is emerging.