Chautauqua County’s Congressman says he’s disappointed that House leadership would not bring a bill forward to be acted on before the holiday break that reforms Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) programs. Nick Langworthy says his comprehensive PBM Reform package has wide, bipartisan support because it would stop inflating the cost of medications that — in many cases — hurts independent, rural pharmacies…
Nick Langworthy: many small pharmacies in our district
Langworthy says his legislation was to be acted on a year ago, but it was cut out of the final continuing resolution approved by Congress before the end-of-year break. He says the delays only help the bigger PBMs, which are owned in some cases by “big pharma”…..