Ban pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies.

the next step is banning PBMs from owning pharmacies.

Auchincloss says Congress should ban PBMs from owning pharmacies as part of the Patients Before Monopolies Act.

RELEASE: Auchincloss, Warren, Harshbarger, Hawley Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), Cut Drug Costs | U.S. Congressman Jake Auchincloss Of Massachusetts 4th District
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Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Diana Harshbarger, alongside Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley, reintroduced the Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act with expanded bipartisan support to rein in drug pricing middlemen, known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), from enriching themselves and crushing competition at the expense of patients and independent pharmacies.

Within the lookback window, Auchincloss publicly reintroduced the PBM Act, a concrete legislative step toward restricting PBM vertical integration with pharmacies, but it remained only a reintroduction and not enacted law.

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RELEASE: Auchincloss, Warren, Harshbarger, Hawley Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), Cut Drug Costs | U.S. Congressman Jake Auchincloss Of Massachusetts 4th District
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Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (Introduced 02/10/2026). Latest Action: Senate - 02/10/2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced. Official Title as Introduced: A bill to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, and prescription drug or medical device wholesalers from being under common ownership with certain medical service providers, and for other purposes.

The 119th Congress version of the PBM ownership-ban proposal was introduced and referred to committee, showing the policy text exists in federal legislation but has not advanced beyond introduction.

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All Information for S.3822 - A bill to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, and prescription drug or medical device wholesalers from being under common ownership with certain medical service providers, and for other purposes
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To prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies from being under common ownership, and for other purposes.

The underlying PBM Act text expressly contained the ownership prohibition, confirming the substance of the promise, but this older bill text does not show enactment or implementation.

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Text - H.R.10362 - PBM Act of 2024
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