Rebecca Robbins
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@nytimes reporter covering medicines [email protected] 714-478-4224 for calls, texts, Signal or WhatsApp
Joined September 2011
New: @ChrisDHamby is out today with the 3rd story in the New York Times' series on PBMs. His reporting, based on hundreds of documents, shows how PBMs took secret payments from manufacturers to allow free flow of opioids.
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Drugmakers including Purdue Pharma paid pharmacy benefit managers not to restrict painkiller prescriptions, a New York Times investigation found.
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Today’s story is the second article in our ongoing series about the big pharmacy benefit managers and how they impact patients, employers and taxpayers.
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Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government.
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New: @ReedAbelson and I spent months reporting on a phenomenon that’s affecting communities around the country: the big pharmacy benefit managers are paying many local drugstores too little for them to cover their costs, driving many out of business.
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The biggest pharmacy benefit managers are profiting by systematically underpaying independent drugstores, creating “pharmacy deserts” across the country.
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The New York Times is continuing to report on the big PBMs. Have you had trouble getting your medications via CVS Caremark, Express Scripts or Optum Rx? Or have you had a seamless experience? If you'd like to be interviewed, you can fill out this form.
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The New York Times is writing about pharmacy benefit managers, which are at the center of a system that can make it difficult to get your medicine.
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For the past year, @ReedAbelson and I have been reporting on the big pharmacy benefit managers. In a story published today, we tried to clearly explain what these companies do — and how they affect how much everyone spends on prescription drugs.
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Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government.
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