Legislative

Talking Points & Analysis of President Donald J. Trump Executive Order: LOWERING  DRUG PRICES BY ONCE AGAIN PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST ...

Arkansas Advocate Reporter: Tess Vrbin A House panel Wednesday approved a bill aimed at preventing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from...

Newsweek Reporter: Suzanne Blake A Republican lawmaker has gone after UnitedHealthcare over its Medicare plan, calling the insurance...

KRCR ABC News7 Reporter: AUSTIN DENEAN | The National News Desk The House is renewing a push to take on pharmacy benefit managers that...

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their lobbyists have mastered the art of spin. They claim to lower drug prices, increase patient...

Recently the Texas Attorney General (AG) issued an opinion on state House Bills 1763 and 1919. This opinion has significant implications for the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in Texas. AG Paxton’s opinion addresses the enforceability of these laws and their interaction with federal regulations, specifically the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Why Does It Matter? An AG’s opinion is an authoritative interpretation of existing laws requested by

Modern Healthcare Reporter: Michael McAuliff Lawmakers who came within days of passing new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers are...

KAKE News Reporter: Lily O'Brien When dozens of independent Kansas pharmacies close their doors Tuesday night, they won't open back up...

Author: Brandi Chane, PUTT Executive Board member In the Fall of 2024 we had the opportunity to attend the PDAB Patient Advocacy Summit...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, AR – In a bold move to enhance patient care and support local pharmacies, lawmakers in Arkansas have introduced a new bill aimed at banning pharmacies owned by the largest, vertically integrated pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from operating in the state. HB1150 is designed to improve patient access to medications, and ensure the sustainability of the state’s independent pharmacies, many operating in small or rural communit

Weatherford Democrat Reporter: Glenn Evans gevans@weatherforddemocrat.com A Weatherford pharmacist joined members of Congress and her peers from six states in Washington on Friday to raise support for a bill to rein in the pricing power of Pharmacy Benefit Managers. “Our country is facing an epidemic of pharmacy closures,” Brandi Chane, owner of Davis City Pharmacy on the courthouse square, said at a press conference below the Capitol dome. She and the others were there to ra

Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a new bill that aims to crack down on the business practices of drug supply chain middlemen who allegedly...

Insurance NewsNet U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger joined a bipartisan group of more than 20 U.S. House and U.S. Senate colleagues...

Northern Kentucky Tribune Independent community pharmacists have begun an advertising campaign to get Congress to rein in pharmacy...

RealClear Health The Biden administration is moving forward with a process that represents a sea change in how Medicare pays for drugs....

STAT+ Executives from the three major pharmacy benefit manager companies have been invited to testify before the House Committee on...

Modern Healthcare UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty endured withering criticism from lawmakers Wednesday as Congress held a pair of...

Forbes Following an enormous cyberattack on a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the Senate Finance Committee has called the company's...

In the coming days, the federal government will announce whether big health insurers that run the private Medicare Advantage program will...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2024  Governor Lujan Grisham, State Legislature “Draw a Line in the Sand” by Requiring Transparency Reporting and Fair Community Pharmacy Reimbursements  SANTA FE, NM (March 13, 2024) – Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) applauds New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the State Legislature for enacting HB 33, the “Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act”, which requires organizations that set or influence the price co