August 08, 2025
Employers and benefit plans challenging an Iowa law aiming to limit pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices will seek Eighth Circuit review of a district court judge's decision from July that temporarily blocked parts of the new policy as preempted by federal benefits law.
July 22, 2025
A federal judge slapped a temporary hold on parts of an Iowa law that aims to limit pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices, ruling that provisions barring discrimination against certain pharmacies and pushing cost-saving strategies are preempted by federal benefits law.
July 09, 2025
The state of Iowa urged a federal judge Tuesday not to halt enforcement of state restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers that took effect earlier this month, arguing that most of the challenged law doesn't apply to the health plans and employers seeking to enjoin it.
July 01, 2025
A federal judge in Des Moines has temporarily blocked an Iowa law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, delivering a significant victory to a coalition of local businesses that argued the statute overstepped federal authority and infringed on free speech.