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Support the Pharmacists Fight Back Act

If you are reading this, we need you to take action today to support the recently introduced Pharmacists Fight Back Act. 
 
This critical legislation, introduced by Representatives Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), aims to end abusive pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices in federal programs and ensure fair and transparent reimbursement practices for all pharmacies nationwide. PBMs are directly responsible for driving up drug costs, gouging community pharmacists, and limiting patient choice in federal healthcare plans. This bipartisan legislation is currently the most comprehensive PBM reform ever introduced at the federal level.  
 
The Pharmacists Fight Back Act would: 

  • implement a transparent pharmacy reimbursement model using market-based pricing benchmarked to the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) + a dispensing fee equivalent to each respective state's Medicaid reimbursement + the lesser of 2% or $25; 

  • remove the ability of PBMs to restrict patient choice via network exclusions;  

  • require pass-through of rebates from PBMs to patients at the pharmacy counter; and 

  • protect community pharmacists and patient choice by prohibiting PBMs from steering patients to PBM-affiliated pharmacies.  

 

"Having witnessed the positive impact of similar PBM reform legislation within Kentucky's Medicaid program and commercial market, we understand the critical importance of extending these reforms to the Federal Medicare program,” says KPhA Executive Director Ben Mudd. “This federal legislation is essential to ensure fair and transparent reimbursement practices for all pharmacies nationwide. This bill will protect patient choice and enhance pharmacy access, benefiting patients and the healthcare system. We commend the efforts of our Congressional leaders and urge swift passage of this vital reform." 
 

Read the Pharmacists Fight Back Act (H.R. 9096) full text here 

See Representative Auchincloss’s Press Release here
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