A coalition of organizations representing pharmacies and pharmacists across all practice settings sent a letter last week to congressional leadership urging Congress to enact pharmacy benefit manager reforms in Medicare and Medicaid that have advanced on a bipartisan, bicameral basis.
NCPA joined a multi-association coalition that includes the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the American Pharmacists Association, the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy, FMI—The Food Industry Association, the National Grocers Association, and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations.
“Throughout the 118th Congress, our organizations and individual members have provided examples and insights concerning PBM practices and their harms. Pharmacies and pharmacists have experienced and warned about these tactics for upwards of 15 years,” the letter reads.
“As is now widely known, every day that passes without reform means more dollars flowing to PBMs instead of reducing Americans’ prescription drug costs and safeguarding access to trusted and convenient pharmacies,” the letter says.
You can read the full press release here.
