NACDS RxIMPACT is PLEADING FOR YOUR HELP to tell Congress to enact meaningful PBM reform. Thousands have already acted in this “Time is Now” campaign, but without YOUR help, we will not prevail. NACDS RxIMPACT is calling on you to act TODAY!
The FTC’s initial findings in its study of PBM tactics provide further evidence of the dire need for action at the federal and state levels. The report finds that PBMs wield enormous power over patients’ ability to access and afford their prescription drugs, allowing PBMs to significantly influence what drugs are available and at what price.’ The FTC also describes PBM tactics as ‘imposing unfair, arbitrary, and harmful contractual terms’ on pharmacies’ with devastating effects on pharmacies and on communities.
Help us share these findings with the US Congress by sending your letters today!
Last month, NACDS launched a major national and local advertising campaign that showcases engaged pharmacists, the bipartisan and broad support for PBM reform, and the worsening of problems faced by Americans, pharmacies and communities at the hands of prescription-drug middlemen. The ad captures the energy and urgency of an NACDS Capitol Hill press conference held during the March 2024 NACDS RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill event as Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) joined together to call for Congress to act on PBM reform.
Although we hail the important bipartisan work of many important Senate and House committees, leadership, and other PBM-reform advocates, we must push for enactment to make these policies reality! We need YOUR help telling Congress the “Time Is Now” to reduce patients’ drug costs, to stop PBMs from forcing pharmacies to fill prescriptions at a loss, and to ensure Americans can access the pharmacies and medications that are right for them – rather than those that are right for PBMs’ profits.
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