UnitedHealth Group’s 2024 revenues hit $400.3 billion in 2024 – a 6% year-over-year increase –  and full-year earnings from operations were $32.3 billion. CEO Andrew Witty attributed much of this performance to a strong showing from pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx. “Pharmacy benefit managers play a vital role in keeping those prices down,” said Witty during […]

The “Big 3” pharmacy benefit managers – CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx – mark up specialty drugs at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds or even thousands of percent, according to a new interim staff report from the Federal Trade Commission.