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Below you'll find articles from the PUTT Blog and In The News.


In The News | The Middlemen Draining Main Street Pharmacies
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
5 days ago2 min read


PUTT Blog | It’s “Go Time!” Does Your Congressional Representative Support the Pharmacists Fight Back Act?
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
Oct 313 min read


PUTT Blog | 7 Days of PBM Reform and Resistance: A Not-So-Typical Week at PUTT
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
Sep 293 min read


In The News | Guest column: Price caps on medications will disrupt Oregon health care
Oregon Bend Bulletin Author: Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director The 85 community and independent pharmacies in Oregon are on the...
Sep 113 min read


PUTT Blog | Meeting the Moment: The Time for Bold Action is NOW
There will never be a better opportunity to swing out big for aggressive, meaningful PBM reform. The moment is now. Let’s do this...
Sep 33 min read


PUTT Blog | Guest Post: The Story of Tennessee’s MAC Law — and Why It Matters Now
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...
Aug 293 min read


In The News | Letters: Rural residents & veterans need a fair system. PBMs hinder that.
NoLa.com Author: Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director Recently guest essayist Rob Maness suggested banning pharmacy benefit managers...
Aug 272 min read


In The News | 12 pharmacy benefit managers found in violation of reimbursement rule
Northwest Arkansas Gazette Reporter: Nathan Ansell Twelve pharmacy benefit managers have been found in violation of a rule requiring...
Aug 252 min read


In The News | PBM markets are at risk of harming patients
WebWire The American Medical Association (AMA) today published a new annual analysis (PDF) measuring competition in pharmacy benefit...
Aug 63 min read


In The News | PBM State Fights Will Live On After High Court’s Petition Denial
Oklahoma decision viewed as affirming broad ERISA preemption Employers increasingly challenging PBM laws across the country Bloomberg Law...
Jul 222 min read
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