CVS sues Tennessee over pharmacy benefit manager monopoly law

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 471

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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CVS Health sued Tennessee lawmakers on Friday hours after Gov. Bill Lee signed a law banning a pharmacy benefit manager from also owning a pharmacy.

The suit is filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Lee signed the bill about a month after the bill made its way through the state legislature. State lawmakers have called the legislation pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, reform. PBMs are the intermediaries between pharmacies and …

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