Health Care

Legislators pass laws to protect small pharmacies

It’s an attempt to balance the scales with PBMs.
A pharmacist reaches for a pill bottle at MAC Pharmacy, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

In an effort to protect small pharmacies, more than half a dozen states passed laws this year setting standard reimbursement rates for filling drug prescriptions.

Laws enacted in recent months in Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa and Montana respond to complaints from independent pharmacies that they are getting forced out of business because of contracts with pharmacy benefit managers that don’t cover their costs for acquiring medications. 

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