GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Independent pharmacy owners across Michigan say they are fighting to keep their doors open as they blame pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBM’s, for reimbursement practices they say are making it harder to stay in business.
Pharmacists say the issue is not only about protecting small businesses; it is about protecting patients who depend on neighborhood pharmacies for prescriptions, medical advice, and convenient access to healthcare.
At a closure crisis roundtable in Grand Rapids, independent pharmacists, advocates and lawmakers discussed what they say is a growing threat to pharmacy access across the state…