A recent congressional hearing underscored broad bipartisan support for pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform, with lawmakers urging swift action to address rising healthcare costs and improve patient access to affordable medications.
NACDS’ recommendations include partnering with pharmacies to address the chronic disease crisis.
January 22 Squawk on the Street highlights need for PBM reform, a key piece of NACDS’ “Four Wins to Make America Healthy Again”
In December, President Trump pledged to take on the middlemen in two national TV appearances in one week
The Inauguration Day program that was featured as a session at the NACDS Regional Chain Conference and as a webinar for NACDS members and allies now is available for viewing online.
At a news conference today at Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump said the following:
“We are paying far too much, because we are paying far more than other countries. We have laws that make it impossible to reduce [drug costs] and we have a thing called a ‘middleman’ … that makes more money than the drug companies, and they don’t do anything except they’re middlemen. We are going to knock out the middleman.” WATCH THE CLIP
Trump’s statement today follows his remarks on December 8 during an interview on Meet the Press:
“We’re going to do a lot of things. Number one, we’re going to reduce prices – because the middleman makes more money than the drug companies in all fairness to the drug companies. There’s a middleman that nobody even knows who they are.” WATCH THE CLIP MORE PBM REFORM NEWS
Entitled “Congress, Don’t Waste the Work Done for PBM Reform,” the piece urges the enactment of PBM reforms in Medicare and Medicaid this year
NACDS continues to urge the 118th Congress to finish the job on bipartisan PBM reform before year’s end.
In a post-election statement on Wednesday, Nov. 6, NACDS called on Congress to act without delay and enact “the reforms that will reduce Americans’ prescription drug costs, protect access to necessary medications and to pharmacies of choice, give pharmacies a chance against underhanded PBM tactics, and preserve the vitality of entire communities.” READ THE FULL STATEMENT
On Wednesday, Nov. 20, NACDS sent a “sponsored content release” to recipients of the Morning Consult Politics newsletter. The content release underscores the fact that most registered voters are looking to their members of Congress to produce a PBM reform law in 2024. Morning Consult’s Politics Newsletter engages an audience of 18,000 including leaders in the U.S. Congress and federal agencies, and in the media.
View the content release in its entirety. RELATED CONTENT
NACDS Ad Takeover in Morning Consult Politics – Week of Nov. 18, 2024: “Now, Let’s Get PBM Reform Done”
NACDS Access Agenda: “‘PBM’ Reform and Defending Patient Access”
The immersive event centered on topics including artificial intelligence, organized retail crime, reimbursement reform, real estate trends, retail media networks, innovation in retail and the state of wellness in the United States.
On September 17, NACDS RxIMPACT Votes – the get-out-the-vote initiative within NACDS’ grassroots program – celebrated National Voter Registration Day with a virtual event featuring national political analyst Charlie Cook.
Cook sat down with NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson for an insightful discussion on the upcoming Presidential race and the U.S. Congressional elections, and what they might mean for the nation heading into 2025. More than 600 pharmacy voters from 45 states registered to attend the virtual NACDS RxIMPACT Votes event— and nearly 60 NACDS member companies, state associations and schools of pharmacy served as event partners. WATCH THE FULL EVENT SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS
Throughout the 2024 election season, NACDS RxIMPACT Votes continues to update its vibrant grassroots community with alerts about primary election dates; voter registration information; #PharmacyVoter social media engagement opportunities; information about how to engage in candidates’ campaigns and how to advance get-out-the-vote drives; and insights about the Congressional landscape and the importance of engagement.
Find out more at Pharmacyvoter.org.
California patients and providers urge Gov. Newsom to sign SB 966, PBM reform legislation
