Thursday, September 17, 2026Vol. XII · No. 214

Healthcare

CVS blankets Tennessee airwaves, enlists mass texts to fight Pharmacy Benefit Manager bill

Tennessee lawmakers want to ban a pharmacy from also owning a pharmacy benefit manager, which negotiates drug reimbursement rates between insurance companies and pharmacies, essentially serving as a middleman.

CVS blankets Tennessee airwaves, enlists mass texts to fight Pharmacy Benefit Manager bill
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Health care pharmacy chain CVS has spent $1.3 million on political TV advertisements across Tennessee to push back against a bill targeting its ownership of a pharmacy benefit manager, Federal Communications Commission public inspection files show. This article is older than 30 days and is available exclusively to our subscribers.


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