Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 18th, 2007
This trend article is an immediate alert from NewsRx to identify the most recent news developments at National Community Pharmacists Association.
Report 1: More than 50 community pharmacists in Vermont have signed and sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urging him to take legislative action to correct the abusive nature of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the largely unregulated middlemen that control 80 percent of the drug coverage in the United States. The move is essential to the survival of the nation's 24,000 independent community...
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