1.   Brown, said the Medco spin-off could be good for all the drug plan managers.

2.   Executives of several other big drug plan managers said that they had to provide savings for their customers or they would lose the business to rivals.

3.   In many ways, the stock market had been even kinder to corporate pension plan managers.

4.   Last summer, Verizon leaned on its drug plan managers to ensure that people taking Prozac switched to the newly available generic version, fluoxetine.

5.   Some say the drug plan managers actually contribute to rising medical costs because they strike deals that then lead them to induce patients to use more expensive medications.

6.   The political climate for drug plan managers is changing as well.

7.   Carle Clinic argues that it cannot be sued under the federal law because its doctors do not act as plan managers.