Community Pharmacists Plug Bills To Reform PBMs In Lobbying Blitz

By Donna Haseley / April 17, 2018 at 4:45 PM
Hundreds of community pharmacists stormed Capitol Hill last week to advocate for three bills they said would cut prescription drug costs by reforming the pharmacy benefit manager industry. The lobby blitz comes as PBMs are increasingly a focus of the national drug pricing debate, with some blaming the industry for consumers' rising drug prices while others say PBMs' negotiating practices in Medicare Part D should be replicated in Medicare Part B . The National Community Pharmacists Association says the purpose...


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