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Evie Fordham: The Trump Administration Says This Proposal Will Help Seniors Afford Their Drugs. AARP Says Not So Fast.

Critics of America’s current drug payment system say middlemen are jacking up prices and question why AARP, which is tied to a middleman organization, opposes a Trump administration proposal that could help seniors. Right now, these middleman organizations, called pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), are protected by safe harbor provisions from certain parts of the Anti-Kickback Statute.