Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan, bicameral health care deal early Tuesday morning they hope lawmakers will pass later this week as part of a four-bill government spending package.

Alongside funding for the departments of Defense, Transportation, Labor, Health and Human Services and Homeland Security through Sept. 30, senior appropriators are proposing a crackdown on drug intermediates known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.

Lawmakers in both parties and chambers have been working toward reaching a compromise in this policy area for months after a PBM overhaul fell out of the December 2024 government funding bill amid criticism…

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