Pucci's Pharmacy

09/24/2025

Now is the time. Our bill SB 41 is on Governor Newsom’s desk. Please either email him at leg.unit@gov.ca.gov or call his office directly at 916-445-2841 and urge him to sign this into law. Thank you!

09/13/2025

The time has come. We and all pharmacies across California need your support. SB 41 is heading to the governor’s desk. We need him to sign this. All of us. This is for the future ability to access prescription medications from the pharmacy you prefer. Please copy and paste the bellow email to the governor and send it to this email address:

leg.unit@gov.ca.gov

You must act today. The window is only a couple of days so please send your message right now. Thank you and thank you for all the support the Sacramento region has given to us.

Subject: SB 41 (WIENER) – REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE

Dear Governor Newsom,

I am writing to you to respectfully urge you to sign Senate Bill 41 (Wiener). This legislation is long overdue.

Across California, community pharmacies are struggling to survive, and hundreds have closed this year alone. Most notably, Rite Aid, which represented 5% of the pharmacies in California . . . is gone.

Rising drug prices, coupled with practices by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), are forcing patients like me to pay more out-of-pocket and driving community pharmacies to close. These closures threaten patient access to care, particularly in rural and underserved areas.

PBMs—middlemen between insurers, pharmacies, and drug manufacturers—have made it nearly impossible for community pharmacists to operate sustainably. They often set reimbursement rates that do not reflect the true cost of providing care, impose opaque fees, and deny transparency at every turn. According to a years-long Federal Trade Commission investigation, PBM practices are a significant factor contributing to higher drug costs for patients and the reason so many pharmacies have closed.

It is clear that PBMs have repeatedly failed to act with the integrity expected of healthcare entities.

California has approximately 4,000 pharmacies, and the only pharmacy opposition to SB 41 comes from PBM-owned CVS. Dozens of patient advocate organizations, physicians, and community organizations support this important piece of legislation.

Community pharmacists are the lifeline for many who must take prescription medications to sustain a healthy life and now is the time for this legislation to become law.

We need your leadership now. SB 41 includes key measures that can prevent further harm to patients and community pharmacies while helping address the high cost of medications.

For the sake of Californians and the pharmacists who care for them, I respectfully urge you to sign SB 41.

07/30/2025

We’re excited to share some great news — Pucci’s Pharmacy has been nominated for Sacramento’s Favorites by the Sacramento Bee in the category of Pharmacy/Drug Store!

This recognition means a lot to us, and we couldn’t have done it without your trust and support. Now, we need your help to bring home the win!

Here’s how you can vote:
1. Go to https://www.votesacramento.com/
2. Select the category “Health & Beauty.”
3. Choose the subcategory “Pharmacy/Drug Store.”
4. Select Pucci’s Pharmacy and cast your vote.
5. Vote once a day now through 08/15/2025 05:00 PM.
Every vote makes a difference, and we’d be honored to have yours.

Thank you for being a valued part of the Pucci's Pharmacy family. Together, we can show Sacramento who provides the very best in pharmacy services!

Vote Now at https://www.votesacramento.com/

Vote once per day from July 28 through August 15.

07/03/2025

Please stop by today and pick up anything you might need before Monday, July 7, 2025 as we will be closed on July 4 and July 5 in observence of Independence day. Wishing everyone a nice long holiday weekend.

06/30/2025

05/15/2025

Please add your name to this as we need all Californians to demand reform for prescription drug access. The Governor must hear from us as he has not been a supporter in the past. He is proposing his own plan which we welcome however, we must still pass this legislation.

Support SB 41 for Fair Pharmacy Practices in California

04/16/2025

We would like to thank all of you for the many years of loyalty and support. As many of you know we have had to have challenging conversations over the past several years mainly due to the business practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) who sit between you, your health insurance plan and the pharmacy you elect to do business with. PBMs are and continue to be the only entity in the health care distribution chain that is not subject to any rules, laws, or regulations for how they conduct their business. This has afforded them windfall profits in the billions while denying claims, paying pharmacies below the acquisition cost of the medication and putting your health and safety at risk for the sake of their profits. This must stop now. Governor Newsom vetoed a bill last year that would have put these companies in check for ensuring the health and safety of Californians. We cannot allow that to happen again. Senate Bill 41 is to require that PBMs be licensed by the California Department of Insurance, and to prevent PBMs from favoring their company owned pharmacies over allowing you to determine which pharmacy you want to access. We need your help. Please contact your Senator (https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/) as well as Governor Newsom’s office (https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/) and voice your support for this bill. Governor Newsom must hear from you. He has not been a supporter of this in the past citing reasons which suggest that he is somehow beholden to these companies. We need to tell him that he must put the best interest of the public first and not the interests of multi-billion-dollar corporations and their lobbyist. You can call his office directly to voice your support. 916-445-2841. We thank you in advance for helping us get this legislation signed into law.

03/19/2025

We can help you safely dispose of your expired or unwanted prescription medications. Contact us today for details.

03/17/2025

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03/17/2025

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03/14/2025

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03/13/2025

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