It’s time! The most comprehensive federal pro-pharmacy/pharmacy patient PBM reform legislation is poised to be filed, so it’s time for all of us  to take the first step of our campaign - yes, during the government shutdown - to support advancing this legislation to eventual successful enactment. A Quick PFB Recap: Two Bills, One Mission The  Pharmacists Fight Back Act  (PFB) is now strategically split into two bills to allow for relevant jurisdictional process. “PFB Medicare

Are We Talking About the Same Middlemen?  Following President Trump’s announcement today of “TrumpRx”, a new executive initiative to help lower patient drug costs, we thought  for a minute the Chief Executive might have gotten pharmacies confused with PBMs.  Currently there are not enough details to know exactly what TrumpRx is or how it would work, but we can all agree that patient safety cannot be compromised by removing access to trusted pharmacy professionals. Even if Tru

There will never be a better opportunity to swing out big for aggressive, meaningful PBM reform. The moment is now. Let’s do this...

Author: Kayla Copeland At the heart of Tennessee’s PBM reforms is the Maximum Allowable Cost (MAC) law. A MAC is the reimbursement cap a...

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

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

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

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...

It’s happening again. Independent pharmacies across the country are receiving notices that their pharmacy software is being phased out....

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

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

This week American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI) took a bold step  in the ongoing campaign for PBM reform: they openly called on Vanguard Inc., the largest investor of in the parent companies of the “Big 3” pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), to use its influence to curtail their PBMs’ abuse of patients and pharmacies.  “As one of the largest investors in United Healthcare, CVS, and Cigna, Vanguard is in a unique position to help effectuate real and meaningful change on beh