Formulary rejections rose sharply across payer types, often delaying—or preventing—patients from receiving prescribed medications.

The public petition process is expected to give employers, insurers and other payers a chance to tell regulators if they think an entity is too unfair to payers.

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The current system weakens the ability of provider networks to control costs, benefits groups say.