Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association

07/10/2025

‼️ New legislation – the PBM Reform Act – has been introduced in the House of Representatives that will serve as the chamber's comprehensive PBM reform package. It includes all of the PBM policies that were in the original Continuing Resolution package from December of last year. "As PBMs continue manipulating drug pricing, extinguishing their competition, and raking in massive profits, patients and pharmacies are suffering," says NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey, pushing for it to be passed and enacted ASAP. "We need help, and we need it quickly."

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4leExAO

07/02/2025

Our friend Antonio Ciaccia doing a great job explaining the TRUTH.

“I used to think that PBMs were the ones exploiting this system. I thought they were the biggest problem in this marketplace.

What I learned later was that they’re just carrying on a time-honored tradition of lying about the underlying real costs of medicines and marking them up like anybody else did before them and like anybody else would do if they were gone.” - Antonio Ciaccia

https://ohiochannel.org/video/ohio-joint-medicaid-oversight-committee-6-26-2025?start=3916

06/28/2025

Good news!!

06/24/2025

This will be interesting to watch.

🚨BREAKING: Today, I’ve filed 3 separate lawsuits against CVS for unfair, deceptive, and unlawful practices that have harmed Louisiana patients, independent pharmacies, and the public at large. The State is seeking both injunctive relief and restitution.
https://aglizmurrill.com/Article/288

06/18/2025

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has always supported independent pharmacies on the State level and Federal level.

I’m proud to continue fighting for meaningful PBM reform in the Senate. Patients – not profits – must come first. Honored to receive the Accountability for Middlemen Award as a reminder of why this fight matters.

06/12/2025

This is great news for Iowa pharmacies!

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Wednesday aimed at bringing changes to pharmacy benefit managers, also known as PBMs.

06/03/2025

Newer entrants to the pharmacy benefit management market will continue to face stiff competition in 2025 as they seek more business.

05/29/2025

David Parker for Senate has always been a huge supporter for independent pharmacy and we greatly appreciate his support.

We are back in special session to finish budget items today. Since we adjourned I have been monitoring and interacting with colleagues in both Washington, DC and Mississippi concerning PBM reform. I am happy that some provisions have been considered in the US House BBB bill and I hope that such action will continue.

More importantly, the state of Arkansas and Governor Sanders took a bold step forward yesterday when she signed a bill to prevent a PBM from owning a pharmacy in their state. This is good model language for the country and I am glad to see a very respected Governor take this stand. This is a bill we should pass as well!

If I make it back to the Senate next year after a special election, I intend to continue to make PBM reform a highest priority. When we consider the needs of patients first, we always make the best decisions. I will continue to advocate as a Senator or in any other capacity I hold for the patients who are so important! Thank you to all of our pharmacists and know that you have advocates who have not forgotten you !!!

Dr. Parker (Senator, doctor, and frustrated prescription writer)

05/15/2025

Senator Hawely is SPOT on!!!

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05/12/2025

While eager for details about President Trump’s executive order reviving Most Favored Nation drug pricing, we applaud efforts to rein in PBM practices that increase drug costs, says NCPA CEO Douglas Hoey: "We support a system that cuts out the PBM middlemen, where patients can access lower drug prices via essential local pharmacists, who are the medication experts on the health care team. However, no part of this effort should bypass patient safety and effectiveness by going around the pharmacist. Moving towards a more transparent, cost-plus payment model for drugs has always been a goal of NCPA."

For the full statement, visit https://bit.ly/3YGZw6c.

05/08/2025

People need to wake up to the potential healthcare crisis.

This is more than a story of a less-than-current business model failing to keep up with customers.