It’s time to “Audit TRICARE”!! audittricare.org Taxpayers fund TRICARE and we want answers! @TomCottonAR @SenThomTillis @RepAuchincloss @RepHarshbarger @realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @mcuban

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You've worked your tail off to get legislation passed... WTH Is Up With ENFORCEMENT?! PUTT Virtual Summit 2026 Focus on Enforcement: Without It, Legislation is Nothing But Paper WEDNESDAY, 9/23 10 AM ET / 9 AM CT REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/4gSzpCO @econliberties #PBMreform

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Imagine getting a letter saying your #pharmacy might not exist for you anymore, & you can't just go down the street to another one. That's the reality for LTC patients caught in a PBM contract dispute. Catch the whole story this Friday. TruthRx.org/pbm-on-the-rocks #PBMOTR #podcast

🏛️ 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐬 Thank you to @mcuban for saying out loud what independent pharmacy has been saying for years. 💬 “I personally believe that your local pharmacy going out of business is more expensive to the community and the state than any amount of fee that we could pay to the pharmacy,” Cuban said. 🤝 Cuban explained that his company, Cost Plus Drug Co., pays pharmacies a $12 dispensing fee because preserving local pharmacies and the pharmacist-patient relationship has value. As he put it, one of the most important connections in healthcare is those “last five feet” when the pharmacist is face-to-face with the patient, providing guidance about their medications. His comments came during a discussion focused on some of the biggest questions facing healthcare today: how we lower healthcare costs through better delivery and financing models, encourage innovative health plans without sacrificing access, help small and mid-size employers afford coverage, and give consumers better information about healthcare cost and quality. That is exactly where community pharmacy belongs in the conversation. 🏘️ A meaningful professional dispensing fee isn't simply another healthcare expense. It is an investment in access, prevention, medication safety, and keeping healthcare available in the communities that need it. 👏 Thank you, Mark Cuban, for recognizing that losing the local pharmacy ultimately costs communities far more than paying pharmacies fairly to keep their doors open. Thank you Chairman Frank for exploring paths for affordable and effective healthcare for all Texans! Watch and Listen: aprx-public-static-assets.s3…

Can’t wait to hear what this is all about!!

𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐁𝐌 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 American Pharmacies Executive Vice President & General Counsel Miguel Rodriguez and Director of Advocacy & External Affairs Brandi Chane joined Michigan State Representatives Sarah Lightner, Carrie Rheingans, Kathy Schmaltz and Julie Brixie in Jackson for the fourth Independent Pharmacy Closure Crisis Roundtable in our statewide series. Hosted by Grant Brown, Pharm.D., owner of Advanced Pharmacy Services and Vice Chair of the American Pharmacies Board of Directors, the roundtable also brought together independent pharmacy owners Chris Munden of Hemmingsen Pharmacy and Ware’s Pharmacy, and Sam and Harvey Schmidt of Schmidt & Son’s Pharmacy. Pharmacists and patients shared firsthand how below-cost reimbursement and harmful PBM practices are driving pharmacy closures and threatening patient access across Michigan. Bringing legislators directly to the table with the pharmacists experiencing these challenges every day is how we turn real-world experience into meaningful PBM reform. ow.ly/pxME50ZHjnP #AmericanPharmacies #PBMReform #IndependentPharmacy #Michigan #PatientAccess

Spent an hour on the phone to get @TRICARE prescriptions covered for a veteran. My reward? Losing $16 for 5 meds. It is indefensible for the federal government to continue allowing @ExpressScripts to screw us like this @Commpharmacy @pharmacists @SecKennedy

𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐁𝐌 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 American Pharmacies Board Vice Chairman Grant Brown recently joined AM Jackson with Marc W. Daly to discuss an upcoming independent pharmacy roundtable that will bring Michigan pharmacy owners, patients and legislators together to address PBM reform and the future of community pharmacy. 🎙️ Listen to the podcast: ow.ly/NKsc50ZFSyk ** 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟓𝟓:𝟎𝟒.** “The biggest thing we’re trying to do is protect patients and their access to care,” said Brown, PharmD, owner and CEO of Advanced Pharmacy Service in Jackson. During the interview, Brown highlighted the growing threat of pharmacy deserts, below-cost reimbursements and patient steering. He also emphasized the need not only to pass meaningful PBM reform, but to ensure those laws are properly enforced. On Friday, August 28, American Pharmacies will continue the conversation in Jackson during the fourth in a series of roundtables held across Michigan. These events give pharmacy owners and patients experiencing these challenges an opportunity to speak directly with state lawmakers. That’s how change begins: building relationships, educating decision-makers and ensuring policymakers hear directly from the pharmacies and patients they represent. #AmericanPharmacies #PBMReform #IndependentPharmacy #Michigan #PatientAccess #PharmacyAdvocacy

𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 Independent pharmacy owner Fair Jones of Sav-Mor Drugs and Gifts in Grenada, Mississippi, is bringing national attention to the financial reality facing community pharmacies. In a new PEOPLE feature, Fair shares that about 20% of the prescriptions she fills are reimbursed below the cost of the medication itself. After labor and operating expenses, she estimates nearly 80% are filled at a loss. Her story is personal, but it represents a much larger problem facing independent pharmacies across the country. Thank you, Fair, for sharing your story and helping bring national attention to why fair pharmacy reimbursement and meaningful PBM reform matter. Read and share Fair's story: people.com/small-town-pharma… #IndependentPharmacy #PBMReform #CommunityPharmacy #FairReimbursement #PatientAccess

NEW #PUTTcast EPISODE UnitedHealth Group owns a bank. Yes, an actual bank. And it's lending money to the same independent providers its own practices are financially crushing. 🎧CATCH THE NEW EPISODE🎧 youtu.be/lpqzNx0YHVY #podcast @freer_emma @LaurenDC5 @MoniqueWhitney

Congratulations to Michael Wright, Senior Government Affairs Advisor at American Pharmacies, on receiving the Texas Pharmacy Association’s 2026 Distinguished Service Award! Michael’s unwavering commitment to advocacy and service has made a meaningful impact on independent pharmacy, the broader healthcare community, and the profession across Texas and beyond. His leadership, expertise and dedication continue to strengthen the voice of pharmacists and advance the issues that matter most to the communities they serve. We are proud to have Michael as part of the American Pharmacies team and thrilled to see his contributions recognized with this well-deserved honor. Please join us in congratulating him!

The only thing worse than the swamp are shady middlemen who call themselves pharmacy “benefit managers.” We must put an end to PBM’s manipulative practices!

A new Louisiana law aimed at changing how pharmacies are reimbursed for prescription drugs is raising questions among patients. #texlege #mileg klfy.com/louisiana/new-law-c…

Congratulations to all of the Texas #Pharmacy Foundation's 2026 scholarship recipients! We honored these outstanding student #pharmacists last night during our Awards Dinner at the 2026 TPA Conference & Expo. #TPA2026 texaspharmacy.org/page/2026S…

TPA was privileged to honor a magnificent group of #pharmacy professionals yesterday evening at our annual awards dinner. Give them all a round of applause! #TPA2026 texaspharmacy.org/page/annua…

Doctors can’t own hospitals because they have a conflict of interest. But insurance companies owning pharmacies, PBMs and doctors couldn’t possibly cause any ethical issues. #txlege

Free markets have given us incredible technical advances in healthcare. Monopolies and regulatory capture have made it 2-3x more expensive than it should be. #txlege

Conflicts of interest, hidden rebates and deciding which drug a patient gets. What could possibly go wrong? #txlege #patientsfirst

𝐔𝐒 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄 Yesterday, the U.S. House passed the National Defense Authorization Act with a provision requiring an annual study of the TRICARE PBMs contracting to reveal differences in reimbursement rates and fees between PBM-affiliated and independent pharmacies, including clawbacks, price concessions, per-prescription administrative fees, prior authorizations, dispensing timeliness, and retail network adequacy. Furthermore, Long Term Care pharmacies will now be included in this study. The Senate will take up a similar measure soon. Link to House Bill Text: congress.gov/119/bills/hr880…