PCMA Outlines $100 Billion in Prescription Drug Savings to Help Avoid Sequestration Budget Cuts
October 08, 2012
As policymakers are faced with reducing future projected budget deficits by $1.2 trillion through 2021 as part of sequestration,...
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September 24, 2012
(Washington, DC)— Pending legislation (PA HB 511/SB 201) that would prohibit mail-service pharmacies from charging less than drugstores would...
New Report Explores New Challenges Facing Independent Drugstores, Policymakers
August 23, 2012
(Washington, DC)—A new report released today by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) examines how recent Congressional hearings and...
‘Protected Classes’ Prescription Drug Mandate Would Hike Small Business Costs, Drug Company Profits
July 18, 2012
(Washington, DC)—Imposing a federal “protected classes” prescription drug mandate on individual and small employer plans would raise premiums, grant...
New PCMA Ad Campaign: ‘It’s the Drugstore Lobby vs. Employers’
May 07, 2012
(Washington, DC)—As drugstore lobbyists descend on Congress to demand higher payments and new restrictions on prescription drug cost cutting,...
Drugstore Lobby Wants New Collective Bargaining Powers
March 29, 2012
(Washington, DC)—The drugstore lobby wants special antitrust exemptions that would enable their industry to command higher pharmacy payments from...
New Research: The Cost of Independent Pharmacy Antitrust Exemptions, 2013-2017
March 28, 2012
Read the entire study. H.R. 1946 Would Increase Costs by Up to $15.6 billion H.R. 1946 could increase direct...
Mail-Service Pharmacies Will Save Pennsylvania Consumers and Payers $2 Billion Over the Next Decade
February 22, 2012
(Washington, DC)— Mail-service pharmacies will save Pennsylvania consumers, employers, unions, the state government, and other commercially-insured payers $2 billion in...