The reporters have investigated pharmacy benefit managers and prescription drug prices. The spending package passed by Congress on Tuesday includes an effort to drive down drug prices, by imposing new restrictions on some of the most controversial practices of the giant companies that oversee prescription benefits.

The Senate passed a set of government funding bills on Friday that includes provisions designed to rein in intermediaries in the prescription drug supply chain called pharmacy benefit managers.

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