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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with respect to federally facilitated exchanges,&nbsp;including the role of PBMs in pharmaceutical supply chains, the competition among PBMs, and the use of rebates and fees by PBMs in such exchanges. </p>]]></text>
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