President-elect Trump affirms support for PBM reform

ARLINGTON, Va. – As demands for PBM reform grow, President-elect Donald Trump said the following at a news conference yesterday at Mar-a-Lago:

“We are paying far too much, because we are paying far more than other countries. We have laws that make it impossible to reduce [drug costs] and we have a thing called a ‘middleman’ … that makes more money than the drug companies, and they don’t do anything except they’re middlemen. We are going to knock out the middleman.”

Trump’s statement yesterday follows his remarks on December 8 during an interview on Meet the Press:

“We’re going to do a lot of things. Number one, we’re going to reduce prices – because the middleman makes more money than the drug companies in all fairness to the drug companies. There’s a middleman that nobody even knows who they are.”

Pharmacy organizations rally behind PBM reform legislation

Pharmacy leaders demand Congress address PBM practices.

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NACDS to Capitol Hill: Stand strong on PBM reform

NACDS: “As the continuing resolution is finalized, Americans and their pharmacies are watching and waiting for real PBM reform now to lower drug costs and to protect pharmacy access”.

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