Big Three PBMs Report Positive 4Q Results, Fire Back at Critics
-
Feb 13, 2025
Despite mostly lukewarm fourth-quarter 2024 results from their parent companies, CVS Health Corp.’s Caremark, The Cigna Group’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx showed strong results and optimistic outlooks for 2025.
The CEOs of those companies also fired back at PBM criticism, stating that PBMs are crucial to negotiating and keeping drug prices low. PBMs have faced pressure from both lawmakers and the public, including administrative complaints and lawsuits aimed at alleged price fixing and claims of contributing to the opioid epidemic. Federal lawmakers have also pushed for legislation to change PBM business practices and increase transparency — and could include PBM reform measures in a budget reconciliation bill as early as March.
Read more
© 2025 MMIT
The Latest
Meet Our Reporters
Meet Our Reporters