Letter to the Editor: Congresswoman's stand lauded by Madsen

How many have heard of a PBM? It’s the acronym for Pharmacy Benefit Manager, the intermediaries between your pharmacy and your insurance company. PBMs set the contract prices and conditions for your pharmacist and do field audits to ensure that private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid are not being taken advantage of. A good thing, right? Yes, until the PBMs start abusing their position to intimidate independently owned pharmacies, like those we rely on in small town eastern Washington.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers stood up to the PBMs and their deceptively named Affordable Pharmacy Action Netw...