56% of employers using Big 3 PBMs consider switch
Fifty-six percent of employer clients of “Big Three” pharmacy benefit managers — CVS Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx — are thinking about switching in the next one to three years. The 2026 “Pulse of the Purchaser” survey, released Aug. 11 by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, included 408 responses […] The post 56% of employers using Big 3 PBMs consider switch appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News .
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UnitedHealth, Optum — competitive / operational strategy. Via Becker's Payer Issues.
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[DRAFT — verify before any external use] Becker's Payer Issues reports on competitive / operational strategy involving UnitedHealth, Optum: Fifty-six percent of employer clients of “Big Three” pharmacy benefit managers — CVS Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx — are thinking about switching in the next one to three years. The…
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