Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Force Health Insurers to Divest From Pharmacies

The bill would break up major health care conglomerates, with the goal of lowering drug prices.

A worker at a Florida pharmacy. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is looking to crack down on conflicts of interest in the health care sector.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation on Dec. 11 that would force health insurers and the middlemen that negotiate drug prices to divest their pharmacy businesses.