A judge recently blocked an Arkansas law that would have banned PBMs from owning and operating pharmacies in the state.

There’s no denying drug prices in the United States are far too high. We pay nearly three times more for prescription drugs ...

A federal judge has blocked a new Arkansas law that would have prohibited pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs—middlemen ...

A federal judge on Monday halted proceedings in the challenge against Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation regulations on pharmacy ...

U.S. District Judge Brian Miller on Monday (July 28) blocked an Arkansas law to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that would have banned pharmacy benefit managers from owning ...

This story was updated at 11:18 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 to include a statement from The Cigna Group. A federal judge ...

The plaintiffs, which include PBM affiliates of CVS Health and UnitedHealth as well as Cigna, argue that the Arkansas law ...

The Arkansas law would have barred companies that own PBMs from also holding a pharmacy license. It had been set to take ...

Arkansas attempted to become the first state in the nation to ban pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning or operating ...

In a significant legal development, a federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing Act 624. Act 624 prohibits pharmacy ...

The state's new law has implications for employer plans, benefits advisors and patients all around the country ...