Lancaster Online
In LNP, Tom A. emphasizes that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are contributing to the rise of pharmacy deserts across Pennsylvania by underpaying independent pharmacies and steering patients toward large pharmacy chains. Tom argues that while proposals like the Most Favored Nation model focus on foreign price-setting, they fail to address the harmful practices of PBMs, urging lawmakers instead to continue pursuing PBM reforms that lower out-of-pocket costs and help community pharmacies remain open.