NCPA Reacts to RFK Nomination to HHS

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Nov. 14, 2024) – The National Community Pharmacists Association issued the following statement on behalf of CEO B. Douglas Hoey in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary:
 
“We congratulate Kennedy on his nomination. We are encouraged by his lifelong willingness to take on the biggest and most powerful corporations on behalf of citizens and small businesses. We are eager to work with him and his team to educate them about how one of the country’s most important public health assets – the 19,000 independent pharmacies across the country – are in great jeopardy because of the unfair, anticompetitive business practices of PBMs and insurers that administer Medicare Part D for millions of seniors. Those pharmacies are disappearing, and pharmacy deserts are forming, because of the business practices of the PBMs and Big Insurance, and we very much hope Kennedy and the Trump administration will support our effort to rein in these bad actors.”

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Founded in 1898, the National Community Pharmacists Association is the voice for the community pharmacist, representing over 18,900 pharmacies that employ more than 205,000 individuals nationwide. Community pharmacies are rooted in the communities where they are located and are among America’s most accessible health care providers. To learn more, visit www.ncpa.org.