Rising drug and health care costs affect everyone, but individuals with disabilities — generally the lowest income demographic group and who rely on treatments to maintain their quality of life — feel the impact most acutely. Instead of helping, some in the health care system are making the situation even worse. One example: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) claim to lower health care prices for patients. Yet a recent study shows PBMs actually exacerbate the problem, contributing to rising medicine costs and forcing patients in the disability community to pay more or lose access to critical medications.PBMs are bureaucratic, non-productive elements ...