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Trump calls for direct cash health payments to consumers while signing anti-shutdown bill

By Allison Bell

"I'm calling today for insurance companies not to be paid, but for the money to be paid directly to the people of our country, so that they can buy their own health care, which will be far better and far less expensive than the disaster known as Obamacare," Trump said.

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Arkansas pharmacists defend landmark law banning PBMs from owning pharmacies

The brief, filed in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, supports a state law enacted this year that prohibits companies from simultaneously operating both a PBM and a pharmacy.

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