C VS Health (NYSE:CVS) said it will close more than 20 pharmacies in Arkansas after the state Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law banning pharmacy benefit managers ((PBMs)) from owning or ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – CVS officials said a new law restricting Pharmacy Benefit Managers from owning pharmacies will result in the closure of more than 20 Arkansas pharmacies. Gov. Sarah Huckabee ...

HB1150 prohibits state permits to pharmacies owned by pharmacy benefit managers effective Jan. 1, 2026. Following signing of the bill into law, The National Community Pharmacists Association ...

CVS will exit Obamacare plans in 2026, affecting 1 million members across 17 states, and close stores amid pharmacy desert ...

Boesing says when CVS shipped the drugs improperly again after forcing her to use one of their mail-order pharmacies, she dropped them. Boesing came to Arkansas to testify in support of HB 1150 ...

Gov. Sarah Sanders signed a bill Wednesday afternoon that could reshape the pharmacy business landscape in Arkansas, despite an aggressive lobbying campaign by CVS Health — one of the largest ...

In addition to a mail-order pharmacy, CVS Health also owns the CVS chain of drug stores. There are 23 outlets in Arkansas, according to the company.

Chief Pharmacy Officer for CVS Health, Lucille Accetta, has previously expressed some concerns about the fast-tracked bill targeting PBMs. “We follow all Arkansas law, and we have no steerage.

“CVS Health welcomes a good-faith discussion with policy makers in Arkansas and across the country on ways to make medicine more affordable and accessible. Unfortunately, HB1150 is bad policy ...

CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx and have fended off federal legislation targeting pharmacy benefit managers, but ...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a first-of ... In particular, legislators have targeted the “Big Three PBMs” operated by healthcare conglomerates CVS, UnitedHealth and Cigna, which ...