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Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, act as middlemen between drug companies and consumers.
They negotiate volume discounts and fees with drug manufacturers, create lists of medications that are covered by insurance.
FTC : PBMs may be profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing Main Street pharmacies.
The three biggest PBMs are UnitedHealth Group Inc's Optum unit, CVS Health Corp's CVS Caremark and Express Scripts .
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