Health insurance is covering fewer medications, with Medicare patients facing stricter restrictions. Profit-driven negotiators are largely to blame.

and OptumRx — control 80% of the market. They decide what drugs are covered, steer patients toward their own pharmacies and pay pharmacies less than it costs to fill a prescription. That’s not ...

GoodRx ran a 12-month survey to better understand the dynamics that shape prescription medication fills and consumer behavior ...

The company is expanding the number of retail stores served by its micro-fulfillment centers, which use robots to fill thousands of prescriptions for patients who take medications to manage or ...

Walgreens will be expanding its use of prescription-filling robots, CNBC reports. The pharmacy chain began using micro-fulfillment centers in 2021 before pausing the program in 2023 to focus on ...