The Save Local Pharmacies Act would create a state-run #PBM, cutting out a level of paperwork, saving Virginia money, and rebalancing pharmacy payments so we are not losing money by serving our customers. | @cardinalnewsva

By implementing this tax without assurance that all pharmacies will be made whole, the state risks destabilizing community pharmacies that serve as lifelines to Maine’s most vulnerable residents.

There is a simple way to fix these issues: Require complete and total transparency of #PBM business practices and require them to act in a free, open market by reimbursing all pharmacies the same. | @1819News

“This bill addresses some of the worst abuses by pharmacy benefit managers: lack of transparency, unfair business practices, steering, and price gouging.”

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With the closures of other pharmacies, including chains like Walgreens and Rite Aid, Ziks Pharmacy has been able to grow its client base. Partnering with Homefull to open this new location was a no brainer for Ziks Pharmacy, Nappier said.

The Trump administration has offered few specifics on its approach to negotiations, apart from saying in January it will aim for "greater transparency" in the second cycle of the process and hear any ideas for improving it from external stakeholders.

It was so much hustle and bustle and just ‘get the prescription’ and ‘get the patient their medication’ that we did not build relationships, and I felt that was really lacking. | @WLOX

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The margins for manufacturing generic drugs are razor-thin, and any disruptions to the supply chain are apt to cause shortages or delays. | @thehill

Flu is very high or high in 45 jurisdictions, and the CDC estimates there have been 24 million infections, 310,000 hospitalizations, and 13,000 deaths from the virus. | @CIDRAP

“We’ve had patients coming into the ER that are coming in from asthma attacks because they’re not taking their controller medication ... because either pharmacies don’t have it or the parents can’t afford it.’’ | @TucsonStar

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Cigna is pushing back against this law, saying Minnesota is "micromanaging relationships between insurance companies, #PBMs and pharmacies." | @FOX9

Zuber said HB 1123 will place Mississippi “on the forefront in this country whenever it comes to sunshine, transparency and reporting of drug rebate money and drug pricing.”

It happens every day; we see negative reimbursements, more so even them paying us under costs, but then the middleman, the #PBM, is actually setting the patients co-pay, at say $10, and then pocketing five of those dollars for themselves. | @kytv

"What I would like to see is more of a transparent pharmacy benefit package. In other words, let's take away the shadows the PBMs operate within," says Caswell. | @koamfox14

“Pharmacy closures and threats to pharmacies because of big #PBM abuse is real.” | @qctimes

When asked about DOGE accessing CMS payment and contracting systems, reps for White House did not address specifics but defended Musk and DOGE's actions overall, saying they were fulfilling Trump's commitment to make federal government more accountable.

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