National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)

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NACDS is calling for members of Congress to produce a PBM reform law this year: “It is time to finish the job.” https://lnkd.in/eDu27fWw

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NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson urges the 118th Congress to prioritize #PBMreform before concluding work in 2024 ?? ??: “Urgent needs remain – and unavoidable duties call – for the current 118th Congress. Congress already has done the hard work to develop and to forge bipartisan consensus on how to reform the tactics of market-dominant pharmaceutical middlemen – PBMs. More than two-thirds of voters agree – Congress should consider PBM reform to be ‘must-pass legislation’ before concluding work in 2024. By the same margin they agree that their member of Congress should ‘do whatever it takes’ to ensure Congress enacts such legislation in 2024. “Congress cannot leave undone and further delayed the reforms that will reduce Americans’ prescription drug costs, protect access to necessary medications and to pharmacies of choice, give pharmacies a chance against underhanded PBM tactics, and preserve the vitality of entire communities.” #PBMreform Read More: https://bit.ly/3UB0GOE

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More than two-thirds (69%) of registered voters agree that Congress should consider legislation to reform PBMs’ role and actions in healthcare to be “must-pass legislation” before concluding its work in 2024. ? Congress must prioritize action to implement #PBMreform to address PBM practices harming people and pharmacies nationwide. ? Read More:?https://bit.ly/4dOVddI

National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and CEO Steven C. Anderson issued the following statement upon The New York Times?publishing of an article titled “The Middlemen: The Powerful Companies Driving Local Drugstores Out of Business” –?the?second article?in?a series described by the paper as being about “how pharmacy benefit managers distort the health care system at the expense of patients, employers, and taxpayers”: ? ??: "This article is yet another important demonstration of the need for?Congress to enact the bipartisan PBM reforms on which the hard work already has been done. This is exactly why more than?two-thirds of voters agree?that?Congress should consider #PBMreform to be ‘must-pass legislation,’ and that their member of Congress should do whatever it takes to ensure Congress enacts PBM reform in 2024.” ? Read More:?https://bit.ly/4ePfEsp

?? A new poll conducted by Morning Consult reveals that most registered voters are looking to their members of Congress to produce a #PBMreform law this year. The poll, conducted October 1-3, found ?? ?? More than two-thirds (69%) of registered voters agree that Congress should consider legislation to reform PBMs’ role and actions in healthcare as “must-pass legislation” before concluding its work in 2024. ?? 69% of registered voters agree that their member of Congress “should do whatever it takes” to ensure Congress enacts such legislation in 2024. As the #PBMreform dialogue continues, Congress must act now to enact reforms to address the PBM tactics harming people and?#pharmacies nationwide. Read More:?https://bit.ly/4dOVddI