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Monthly health insurance bills keep going up, and New Hampshire families want to know why. When gas prices rise over the summer, people can try to drive less and wait for prices to eventually come back down. When groceries get too expensive, they can buy store brands. But when health insurance premiums go up, families have very limited options and are usually given no explanation for the sudden increase.... Read the full piece >

A new Granite State Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center for the PBM Accountability Project of New Hampshire finds that about nine in ten New Hampshire residents believe health insurance companies have too much control over the care patients receive. This view holds across party lines. Bipartisan majorities of Granite staters agree: insurance companies have too much say over what doctors can prescribe, and what medicines patients can access - send

CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically mark up specialty generic drugs to affiliated pharmacies, the Federal Trade...

As New Hampshire families plan for the holidays, many are making careful calculations – not about gifts or celebrations but how to afford...

Antonio Ciaccia of 3 Axis Advisors returns to the show to discuss reform updates of how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) affect...

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter to Congressional leaders on behalf of 39 attorneys general who urge...

The rising cost of medications is becoming a burden for Granite Staters who are paying more out-of-pocket than ever before. If real...

NHBR editors speak with NH State Rep Erica Layon (Derry, NH) and Antonio Ciaccia, president of 3 Axis Advisors, about the negative...

Antonio Ciaccia of 3 Axis Advisors says pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) brought in to keep drug prices down have strong incentives to...

ICYMI: Governor Ron DeSantis discusses several issues with NH Journal managing editor Michael Graham, including PBMs. DeSantis points out...

GRANITE STATERS are struggling to pay for prescriptions while middlemen make huge profits and increase the cost of prescription drugs....

A white paper released today by the American Consumer Institute (ACI) sheds new light on the prescription drug affordability crisis....

House Republicans have launched an investigation into the companies that manage drug benefits, dialing up the scrutiny of the middlemen...

IN THIS TIME of extreme political polarization, there aren’t a lot of issues that can unite all of us. Saving taxpayers and state...

New Hampshire Undertakes a Historic Bipartisan Initiative to Join Other Leading States in Delivering Meaningful Savings for Taxpayers FOR...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2020 CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Yesterday, the New Hampshire House approved HB 1280, legislation which will...

Reverse Auction Creates Fair and Competitive Marketplace to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs, Alleviate State Fiscal Challenges FOR...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2020 CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – On Tuesday, the New Hampshire Senate Commerce Committee introduced a...

Earlier this month, a Medicare recipient with drug coverage filled a prescription at a Concord branch of a major pharmacy chain. The ...

By Richard Pezzillo | New Hampshire Union Leader THERE ARE TENS of millions of people in the United States who have one or more chronic...