Patient Issues

Real Clear Health Reporter: Justin Leventhal In the past decade, independent drugstores have been vanishing, especially in low-income, minority, and rural communities, in part due to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) having rigged the system in favor of their own pharmacies. By steering patients to in-house pharmacies and squeezing independent pharmacies with hidden fees,  PBMs are driving local pharmacies out of business . This loss of competition hits vulnerable communities

Oregon Bend Bulletin Author: Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director The 85 community and independent pharmacies in Oregon are on the...

NoLa.com Author: Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director Recently guest essayist Rob Maness suggested banning pharmacy benefit managers...

WebWire The American Medical Association (AMA) today published a  new annual analysis  (PDF) measuring competition in pharmacy benefit...

Ohio Capital Journal Reporter: Marty Schladen Owners of small pharmacies — many themselves members of local chambers of commerce — are...

The Federalist Author: Drew Johnson Why do we have a medical system in this country where too many people can’t get the treatment that...

May 30, 2025 The Honorable Joseph Lombardo  Governor of Nevada  101 N. Carson Street  Carson City, NV 89701 Dear Governor Lombardo, I am reaching out to you today on behalf of Nevada’s independent pharmacies and their patients to respectfully urge you to veto Assembly Bill 259, which would implement prescription drug price controls similar to those established under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act . Community pharmacists are deepl

Duluth News Tribune OPINION: by PUTT President, Deborah Keaveny On March 21, pharmacist Philip Hommerding was busy dispensing medications...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, suggested Congress could once again move to overhaul PBMs’ controversial business practices after it passes...

The program was supposed to save the government money. It doesn’t. The Washington Post Editorial Board Republicans in Congress have made...

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

Whenever lawmakers begin discussing Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reform, a familiar pattern emerges: new advocacy groups, often with...

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

The Natchez Democrat Reporter: Jan Griffey A Natchez pharmacist is applauding legislation being considered by the Mississippi House and...

Over 90% of independent pharmacy owners worry the program would severely hurt their finances, one survey reported. Healthcare Brew...

Michigan Advance Reporter: Marty Schladen Unions that provide health benefits to nearly a half-million workers — including many in Ohio —...

For further information or an interview or a copy of the complaint, contact Michael Trunk at michael.trunk@klinespecter.com . APPLETON,...

KFF Health News Reporter: Arthur Allen Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that shape the...

TheBody Reporter: Tim Murphy I had a shocking revelation recently. For several years here in my New York neighborhood in Queens, I’ve...

Minnesota Star Tribune Reporter: Christopher Snowbeck Critics of the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry protested Friday outside the...