Arkansas Pharmacists Association

Arkansas Pharmacists Association advances the professional & business environment for 2,400 pharmacists to be successful and serve patients.

[Rep. James Comer @RepJamesComer]

🚨Congress is putting Pharmacy Benefit Managers on notice: their era of taking advantage of Americans is ending.

Predatory tactics by PBMs have caused drug prices to soar & our pharmacies to suffer.

I introduced bipartisan legislation today to rein in PBMs & protect patients.

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

🗳️ APA Board Elections are open May 23–June 1!

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Make your voice count for the future of pharmacy in Arkansas! #ARpharmacists #PharmacyLeadership

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

APA 142nd Annual Convention Session Spotlight

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[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

APA members in the news! Aduston Spivey wrote a Letter to the Editor in @TheSenRec thanking Gov. @SarahHuckabee for her bold support of HB 1150, putting AR patients over profits.
Read more: https://t.co/Odvoxs4VSs

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

🗳️ APA Board Elections are open May 23–June 1!

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Make your voice count for the future of pharmacy in Arkansas! #ARpharmacists #PharmacyLeadership

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

APA members in the news! @PaulHolifield3 writes a Letter to the Editor in the @BatesvilleGuard thanking Gov. @SarahHuckabee for her support on HB 1150 and expressing what PMB reform bill means for his store, Econo-Mart Pharmacy in Batesville.

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Thank you @SarahHuckabee for your leadership for PBM Refom.

[Sarah Huckabee Sanders @SarahHuckabee]

Sen @HawleyMO is right - PBMs profit off sick Americans.

Under my watch, Arkansas was the first state in the country to ban PBMs from owning pharmacies. Now it’s time for the federal government to follow our lead!

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Congratulations to Iowa on PBM reform - SF 383! Thank you ! Patients deserve fair prices, local access, and better care at their community pharmacy of choice! 👏 👏 👏 @GovKimReynolds @SarahHuckabee @AGTimGriffin @LeslieRutledge @JeremiahMooreAR

[Sarah Huckabee Sanders @SarahHuckabee]

Arkansas’ pharmacists know best: drug middle-men called PBMs inflate costs and reduce access.

I’m proud that Arkansas is the first state in the nation to take action against those practices.

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Arkansas just set a national precedent: PBMs can no longer own pharmacies in the state. This move takes aim at conflicts of interest and prioritizes patients over profits. #PBMReform #ArkansasLeads

https://t.co/4v9HJvnAbM

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

⏳ Time’s running out! Early bird rates for the APA 2025 Convention end TOMORROW. Join us June 12–13 in Little Rock.

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[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Pharmacist Kass Lomax: HB1150 = lower drug costs, more patient choice. 🙌

Thanks to @SarahHuckabee & #arleg for standing up to PBMs!

Full column ➡️ https://t.co/iAnfb2pzdU

#ARPX #PBMReform #PatientsFirst #ArkansasLeads

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Brandon Achor, PharmD & State Rep., highlights Arkansas' leading the way in PBM reform: "PBMs, like cancer, only take. HB1150 fights to end their harm."

Read more: https://t.co/j9GZ86YOhw

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Historic leadership for the people! Bipartisan and patients first ! @FTC @WhiteHouse @SarahHuckabee @brandon_achor @JeremiahMooreAR @AGTimGriffin
#lowerdrugprices

[Sarah Huckabee Sanders @SarahHuckabee]

For far too long, big drug middlemen called PBMs have inflated drug prices. Not anymore.

Thank you @brandon_achor for the shoutout and thank you for championing this issue for our state.

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Arkansas takes a big step for patients. Gov. @SarahHuckabee signs new law banning PBMs from owning pharmacies. Thanks for supporting access and fairness.

Read more @axios: https://t.co/ZKyEKRQoDa

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

“For too long, PBMs inflated prices & restricted access to meds. Not anymore.” – Gov. Sanders. Arkansas is holding PBMs accountable & leading on Rx reform. Full story via @ArkansasBlog: https://t.co/5jHYzfnXlI #RxReform #PBMs #ARleg #HealthcareAccess

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

Gov. Sanders signed HB1150 into law yesterday, taking effect Jan. 2026—cracking down on harmful PBM practices. As covered by @THV11: https://t.co/nyeFcYTyxR

Thank you, legislators, for your support of #RxReform—and for the time, energy & heart you gave this session. #HB1150

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

A monumental day for Arkansas! Thank you @SarahHuckabee for signing #HB1150 into law—protecting the health and safety of Arkansans & standing up to PBMs. Grateful to @JeremiahMooreAR & Sen. Kim Hammer for championing RX Reform. Arkansas is leading the charge #PatientsOverProfits

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

#HB1150 protects Arkansans’ right to choose their care—not where a middleman dictates. This law defends our freedoms, supports local pharmacies and puts patient safety first. No one should lose care access to corporate red tape. https://t.co/GQTAvsDGtS

[Jason Rapert @jasonrapert]

@TNPharmacists Are we ever surprised anymore? @NCOILorg @naic @IpcCovello @AnneCassity1 @Commpharmacy @arkpharm

[Arkansas Pharmacists Association @arkpharm]

👏 👏! This letter is well researched , written and spot on by @AGTimGriffin and @NatlAssnAttysGn. Stop the PBM Fox from Guarding the Henhouse !
✅ #HB1150 @FTC @SarahHuckabee @JeremiahMooreAR @WhiteHouse

[Attorney General Tim Griffin @AGTimGriffin]

Today I led a coalition of 39 state and territory attorneys general in sending a letter to Congress asking them to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning or operating pharmacies.

PBMs are third-party administrators of prescription drug programs for health plans, and as such they heavily influence drug prices for pharmacies. Over the past few decades, PBMs have increasingly moved into the space of pharmacy ownership and operation. This has allowed them to set certain drug prices for pharmacies they control while setting less competitive prices for independent pharmacies and others outside their scope of influence.

While this practice hurts small businesses, it ultimately hurts consumers by driving down competition. The letter that I led alongside the attorneys general of Massachusetts, Missouri, and Vermont urges Congress to take action and protect consumers by enacting a law prohibiting PBMs or their parent companies from owning or operating pharmacies.

We have stood by for too long and watched PBMs’ influence encroach on consumers and small businesses. It is far past time that we act to restore the balance of competition and ensure that PBMs only play the role they were always meant to play. https://t.co/0s9KOlniQL #arnews

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