Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Blue Shield of California is bypassing traditional pharmacy benefit managers to offer a Humira (adalimumab)-referenced biosimilar ...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has dropped coverage ... out of town to pick up prescriptions instead of using the only pharmacy in their community. Robin Greenwald was upset when she received ...

Blue Shield has been more aggressive than most in working to curb drug costs, including through an unusual pharmacy benefits arrangement. In 2023, the payer announced it would drop CVS Caremark ...