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The cost of prescription drugs is soaring. A new report shows, even during the pandemic, consumers have had to pay three times more for some of their medicines. The latest RX Price Watch Report from AARP shows that brand-name drug prices have been growing ...

Optum Rx has signaled a shift to a cost-based pharmacy reimbursement model that's intended to have pharmacies pay more for brand-name drugs and less for generics. The model will reduce variation in how pharmacies are paid. The pharmacy benefit manager said ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager of UnitedHealthcare, will reduce reauthorizations for an additional 40 drugs. This expands on the PBM’s efforts earlier this year, and there are now 180 medications with reduced reauthorization requirements.