Florida and Iowa have passed healthcare policy reforms Congress has tried and failed to enact, with new laws that took effect July 1.
A new Florida law tightens restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers. These companies, most owned by large insurance companies, are the middlemen in the drug supply chain that exercise significant control over drug pricing and which drugs an insurance company will cover.
Iowa enacted health insurance reforms, including a measure to prevent insurers from influencing a physician’s decision on where to refer a patient for further treatment.
Despite bipartisan support in Washington for tougher regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, Congress has not passed significant reforms, though some changes were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to law firm Mintz….