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Author: Deborah Keaveny, PUTT President, MNindys Founder In June of 2020 the Minnesota Independent Pharmacists ( MNIndys ) was created as...

PUTTbulletin June 2025 As we reach the midpoint of 2025, we’re looking back with pride and joy on a remarkable 6 months of grassroots advocacy, legislative victories (some of them outright miraculous, Virginia) and our collective work to protect independent pharmacies and patient access to care. Join us celebrating these wins - your wins - with the certainty that we’re only gaining momentum, and more wins are on the way: One Big Beautiful Win: Eliminating Mandatory NADAC Repo

How ERISA, Medicare Part D, and their New “Mandate” Smokescreens Keep States from Cleaning Up the PBM Mess Every time a state passes a law to hold pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) accountable — whether it’s banning spread pricing, requiring fair reimbursement, or protecting patient choice — you can bet the PBM lawyers are already in the wings, sharpening their favorite legal sword: preemption. The two blades they use most often? ERISA and Medicare Part D. But lately, the PBM

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

Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency calls for national conversation on massive price differences between cash-pay generics and Tricare PBM charges (PHOENIX, AZ) – [JUNE 16, 2025] – Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency ( PUTT ) today announced the launch of its "Audit TRICARE" campaign ( AuditTRICARE.org ), a critical initiative designed to bring transparency to questionable pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) pricing practices that may be costing taxpayers milli

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...

The New York Times Author: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Behind inflated prescription prices, complicated insurance plans and...

Axios Reporter: Maya Goldman Drug price middlemen are going to court to fight a first-in-the-nation effort to police their ownership of...

May 27, 2025 Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force  United States Department of Justice  950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW  Washington, DC 20530 Re: Anticompetitive Practices by Vertically Integrated Health Insurers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers Dear Members of the Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force: I am writing on behalf of the independent pharmacy members of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) to bring to your attention the urgent need for antitrust enforcem

Independent pharmacies are small businesses. That shouldn’t be a controversial statement. We employ local residents, serve vulnerable...

PUTTbulletin May 2025 Something is seriously wrong with military prescription drug pricing, and it's time we talked about it. In the coming weeks PUTT will launch what we hope to be a provocative campaign focused on some troubling - but largely unacknowledged - questions: why are our military families and taxpayers paying dramatically inflated prices for generic prescription drugs through Tricare's PBM, Express Scripts? And what are we doing about it? It’s a Problem We Can’t

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...

Let’s cut the nonsense: pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) aren’t just shady middlemen—they’re operating a masterclass in anti-competitive...

PUTTbulletin April 2025 As you read this, the PUTT Board is in Washington D.C. taking part in NCPA’s annual Congressional Fly In. We’re excited to join our fellow members, NCPA friends and other partners in PBM reform for 2 days of face-to-face meetings with federal policy makers about the need for PBM reform NOW. On Monday, April 28, PUTT Board member Brandi Chane participated in the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Panel PBMs: The Drug Middlemen Who Increase Drug Pric

The worst marriage in the history of healthcare is the unholy union of PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) and formulary design. This carefree couple has fostered the creation of inconceivably high priced brand drugs in the U.S. market for decades, and we need an immediate annulment. Plan formularies are more influenced by quid pro quo payments between PBMs and drugmakers than clinical guidelines. Thanks to a safe harbor exemption from the Anti-Kickback Statute, PBMs can legall

The state officials claim that ownership limits competition Consumer Affairs Reporter: Mark Huffman Key takeaways State attorneys general...

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