AG Rutledge Discusses PBM Legal Victory, Reasons for Challenging Presidential Election

by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, R-Ark., had a busy week centered around rulings involving the U.S. Supreme Court.

Arkansas’ top legal officer won a landmark lawsuit before the high court involving the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) industry, but by week’s end, the Supreme Court dashed the hopes of a Texas lawsuit aimed at overturning the election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Rutledge joined a Missouri brief to intervene in the Texas case arguing that Arkansas voters’ ballots would be “diluted” if the results weren’t overturned.

https://talkbusiness.net/2020/12/ag-rutledge-discusses-pbm-legal-victory-reasons-for-challenging-presidential-election/

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Arkansas Appeal On Pharmacy Benefit Managers Tuesday

Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni will defend before the U.S. Supreme Court the constitutionality of a state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers next Tuesday.

Passed in 2015, Act 900 seeks to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which act as middlemen between pharmacists and insurance providers. Their reimbursement rates theoretically incentivize pharmacies to find lower wholesale drug prices.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/post/us-supreme-court-hear-arkansas-appeal-pharmacy-benefit-managers-tuesday

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Arkansas Appeal On Pharmacy Benefit Managers Tuesday

Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni will defend before the U.S. Supreme Court the constitutionality of a state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers next Tuesday. Passed in 2015, Act 900 seeks to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which act as middlemen between pharmacists and insurance providers.