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“The problem that’s being resolved here is #PBMs are both the price maker and the price taker,” said David Burke, executive director of the Ohio Pharmacists Association, saying these are anti-competitive business practices. https://lnkd.in/edH5DRNB

Pharma faces two threats that no other GOP president of the modern era would have made: First, Trump says he wants to slap drugmakers with tariffs that could raise prices for medicines in order to push them to manufacture their products in America. Second, Trump has appointed a vociferous critic of the drug industry to oversee the department that regulates it. https://ow.ly/sKI450VHLW5

PBM Lobby launches ad campaign decrying high list prices, leaving out that higher list prices lead to more profit for #PBMs. https://ow.ly/53gw50VHLyf

These small business owners are already operating on razor-thin profit margins and this unfair PBM practice, especially when coupled by fees levied by GoodRx, often means they spend more to fill a prescription than they make on it. https://ow.ly/cfwC50VHKH9

“We need to keep our businesses alive and the #PBMs are not...they’re not going to stop,” added Jones. “So we have to...we have to keep going and keep fighting the fight.” https://ow.ly/xliA50VH2Qn

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By ensuring fair payments and putting an end to PBM practices that push patients away from local pharmacies, we can keep the essential services we provide available. https://ow.ly/W2SR50VGgtS

Andrew said he hopes to grow the practice, but he may have to come up with an exit strategy in the next five years. https://ow.ly/7LRK50VFr4p

Anderson says she will, “miss seeing so many familiar faces that I have come to know as friends over the last 23 years.” https://ow.ly/n4q850VFqZ4

“Unfortunately, due to significant challenges in the pharmacy industry, particularly those caused by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (#PBMs), we are deeply saddened to announce that our Waunakee location will be closing its doors on May 14th,” the message said. https://ow.ly/eWei50VFqSV