Thank you, @SenatorLankford, for your leadership and for keeping the focus on #PBMreform during the @SenFinance hearing on the confirmation of @DrOz for @CMSGov Administrator. The time to address PBM tactics is now.
5 counties in VA have no pharmacies. 15 counties have only 1. Community pharmacy closures disproportionately impact rural communities & vulnerable populations. Support HB 2610 to help protect #patientaccess to community #pharmacies and preserve access to lifesaving medications.
Thank you, @ChuckGrassley, for making sure #PBMreform and holding PBM middlemen accountable remain top priorities for Congress and the administration. Americans deserve lower healthcare costs and ensured pharmacy choice.
Thank you, @SenatorLankford, for your commitment to prioritizing #PBMreform and ensuring that both Congress and the administration hold pharmacy benefit managers and their tactics accountable. Americans and their pharmacies cannot wait.
Thanks, @MarshaBlackburn, for prioritizing #PBMreform in today's hearing. PBM middlemen hurt Americans, communities, and their pharmacies. Congress must stop PBMs from inflating people’s drug costs, gaming pharmacy and medication access, and forcing pharmacies out of business❗️
Thank you, @SenatorCantwell, for keeping the push for meaningful #PBMreform in today's hearing. NACDS supports your continued efforts to confront PBM tactics and stand up for pharmacies and their communities nationwide. It’s time to deliver #PBMreform❗️
@jimcramer was spot on on today's @SquawkStreet: "If he (President Trump) wants to put a stake in inflation, he goes after the pharmacy benefit managers." 🎯
This follows @realDonaldTrump’s recent commitments to #PBMreform on @MeetThePress and in a press conference.
NACDS announced “Four Wins to #MakeAmericaHealthyAgain” – immediate actions the Trump Administration can take to improve the affordability and accessibility of quality care for all Americans #MAHA ⤵️
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In outlining health care priorities for the Senate Finance Committee in the 119th Congress, Chairman Crapo highlighted the following key issues, among other areas of interest.
On PBM Reform: "Efforts to enact much-needed PBM reform will continue, as certain problematic practices jeopardize the viability and financial stability of pharmacies, driving up costs for consumers. We will focus on modernizing Medicare’s prescription drug benefits, driving down patient costs at the pharmacy counter and netting billions in savings for taxpayers."
On Clinician Payment Reform: "As we work with the Trump Administration to address America’s epidemic of chronic disease, the Committee must also streamline clinician payment systems and incentivize alternative payment models that reward providing better care at a lower cost. We must improve primary care, support chronic-care benefits in Medicare and provide Medicare doctors with long-term payment stability."
On Beneficiary Access to Breakthroughs: "Finally, all Americans deserve timely, affordable access to the most novel treatments and cures. America remains the world’s biopharmaceutical innovation leader, but adversaries like China threaten our global dominance. The Committee will conduct aggressive oversight of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act and enact policies that mitigate the adverse consequences of this law on patients, innovators and taxpayers."
On Telehealth and Rural Health Care: "Too many Americans are cut off from quality care in remote, rural areas. We must make certain rural America can access reliable, high-value health care provided by facilities that are adequately staffed, trained and resourced. The Committee will continue its work of shoring up telehealth capabilities, expanding mental health care resources, and preventing rural closures in these communities."
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