“Now is the time for Massachusetts to stop pharmaceutical benefit manipulation from inflating Bay Staters’ prescription drug prices and from jeopardizing access to trusted pharmacies and needed medications”
“Confronting the PBMs’ self-enriching tactics requires state and federal legislators and policymakers to do their part”
On Friday, June 21, the New York Times published online “the first article in a series about how pharmacy benefit managers prioritize their interests, often at the expense of patients, employers and taxpayers.”
The New York Times publishes first article in a series: “The Middlemen: The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs; Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers, and the government.”
In its 26th year, the always-inspiring NACDS Foundation Dinner will return to the NACDS Total Store Expo. The event will be held in Boston, MA, on Saturday, August 17, at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport.
H. 233 includes important reforms that will help curb PBM tactics threatening Vermont patients and the pharmacies on which they rely.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation returned for its eighth year as a Platinum Sponsor of the March of Dimes Gourmet Gala.
SB 869/HB 282 will help improve efficiencies in the healthcare system by providing pharmacists with independent prescriptive authority for various medication classes and disease states.
Watch the newly released one-minute summary of NACDS’ March 14 press conference to support the enactment of federal PBM reform legislation, without delay.
The March 14 Capitol Hill press conference displayed bipartisan commitment and pharmacy unity to advance PBM reforms in Medicare and Medicaid.
On March 14, 2024, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) were cheered on at a Capitol Hill press conference by pharmacists and pharmacy leaders from across the nation as the Senators committed to continuing to push for swift enactment of bipartisan PBM reforms.
