41.   They said it would be open to all pharmacies, health plans and other pharmacy benefit managers.

42.   Wal-Mart pharmacy manager Debbie Sawvel said new supplies should arrive today.

43.   Pharmacy benefit managers are hired by large employers and managed care plans to control the costs of providing prescription drugs.

44.   Private companies like health insurers or pharmacy benefit managers would run the prescription drug benefit, ensuring competition, Graham said.

45.   Drugmakers pay pharmacy benefit managers a fee to administer these programs, meaning that the PBMs may pay less for some drugs.

46.   He said co-payments are just one of several issues pharmacy managers must look at when it comes to controlling costs.

47.   Private companies like health insurers or pharmacy benefit managers would run the prescription drug benefit, ensuring competition, Graham told reporters.

48.   They are often sponsored by drug makers as a way to stimulate sales and are sometimes administered by pharmacy benefit managers.