The Big Three PBMs’ Formulary Exclusions Continue to Grow in 2023

Cigna Corp.-owned Express Scripts removed 43 medications from its 2023 National Preferred Formulary, while the other two major PBMs — CVS Health Corp.’s Caremark and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx — cut 23 and 19 drugs from their formularies in 2023, respectively. Since 2014, the three PBMs have dramatically increased the number of excluded drugs, but the growth rate of exclusions has slowed for the second year in a row.

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Jinghong Chen

Jinghong Chen Reporter

Jinghong produces infographics and data stories on health insurance and specialty pharmacy for AIS Health. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a focus on data journalism and international reporting. Before joining AIS in 2018, she worked at WBEZ, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times Chinese.

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