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Diana Harshbarger: “The bill states that if you're a PBM, if you're an insurance…”

Featuring: Diana Harshbarger, Republican | U.S. House Tennessee, 1st Congressional District

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Full interview with Reps. Jake Auchincloss and Diana Harshbarger | POLITICO Health Care Summit 2025

Published | Video Starts at 12:28

And these mail order pharmacies People are getting what they think is the right medicine and then they'll come to me and ask me what it is. So bottom line is we have to do something. And The bill states that if you're a PBM, if you're an insurance company and you own a pharmacy, well, you're going to have to divest and we'll give you a period of three years to do that. And so that's going to be good for the practice. Vertical integration is not a good thing when it comes to health care. (12:28–12:39)

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Asserts that the bill requires PBMs or insurance companies owning pharmacies to divest within three years.

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