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Pharmacy benefit managers \u2014 those companies that serve as middlemen in the prescription drug pipeline.","datePublished":"2018-05-23","dateModified":"2018-05-23","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/getworkforce.com\/author\/mike\/#Person","name":"Michael Adams","url":"https:\/\/getworkforce.com\/author\/mike\/","identifier":1,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6a2f7798995b6af3fd5c224bfa223e1b61b9904ead570261287f77318659b66?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6a2f7798995b6af3fd5c224bfa223e1b61b9904ead570261287f77318659b66?s=96&d=blank&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Workforce Consultants","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/getworkforce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/getworkforce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Logo.png","width":1203,"height":262}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/getworkforce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-23-at-2.51.49-PM.png?fit=2322%2C1298&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/getworkforce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-23-at-2.51.49-PM.png?fit=2322%2C1298&ssl=1","height":1298,"width":2322},"url":"https:\/\/getworkforce.com\/middlemen-who-save-on-medicines-but-maybe-not-for-you\/","video":[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"VideoObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P21Zb_OySIg#VideoObject","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P21Zb_OySIg","name":"Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Companies In The Thick Of Prescription Drug Pricing","description":"For the past seven months, the GOP push to replace the Affordable Care Act has consumed Washington. 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