Broad reform legislation regulating PBMs, 2SSB 5213, that was supported by the Insurance Commissioner, the Washington State Pharmacy Association, and pharmacies, which would have prohibited requiring the use of mail-order pharmacies except for specialty drugs, reimbursing pharmacies below costs and excluding pharmacies from the network, died on the Senate floor on March 8.
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