Healthcare Giants Face Stock Drop As Senate Bill Targets PBMs Over Alleged Price Manipulation

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Shares of major healthcare companies UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, and CVS Health fell over 5% on Wednesday amid growing concerns over bipartisan legislation targeting pharmacy benefit managers. The proposed Senate bill seeks to force health insurers and PBMs to divest their pharmacy businesses within three years, citing conflicts of interest. PBMs, responsible for managing drug costs, face allegations of inflating prices and harming small pharmacies. The legislative push, coupled with heightened public scrutiny following the recent fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group's insurance arm CEO, has placed the sector under intense pressure.

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00:02Shares of major health care companies, United Health Group, Cigna, and CVS Health fell over

00:075% on Wednesday amid growing concerns over bipartisan legislation targeting pharmacy

00:12benefit managers. The proposed Senate bill seeks to force health insurers and PBMs to

00:17divest their pharmacy businesses within three years, citing conflicts of interest.

00:21PBMs, which are responsible for managing drug costs, face allegations of inflating prices

00:26and harming small pharmacies. The legislative push, coupled with heightened public scrutiny

00:31following the recent fatal shooting of United Health Group's insurance arm CEO,

00:35has placed the sector under intense pressure.

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