President Trump's August 13, 2025 revocation of Biden's Executive Order 14036 creates a federal healthcare competition enforcement vacuum that threatens to accelerate consolidation-driven cost increases and access barriers for people living with chronic conditions, even as bipartisan pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform momentum paradoxically continues and states scramble to fill regulatory gaps through expanded oversight programs.
Federal Antitrust Retreat Threatens Patient…
President Trump's August 13, 2025 revocation of Biden's Executive Order 14036 creates a federal healthcare competition enforcement vacuum that threatens to accelerate consolidation-driven cost increases and access barriers for people living with chronic conditions, even as bipartisan pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform momentum paradoxically continues and states scramble to fill regulatory gaps through expanded oversight programs.