Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Urge Your SENATORS to Support PBM Transparency in Health Reform— Don't Give PBM Lobbyists the Last Word!

Well-funded PBM lobbyists are blanketing Congress with lies and deception. Call your Senators TODAY to ensure final Senate health reform legislation includes critical provisions requiring PBMs to disclosure their enormous fees. This legislation will achieve a new level of transparency that will help plans keep premiums and out-of-pocket expenses down for your patients. Transparency helps reduce drug costs but there is no meaningful Federal or state requirement that PBMs disclose to public or private payers how they conduct business. The facts speak for themselves. PBMs are driving up health care costs by billing plan sponsors much more than they reimburse pharmacies and keeping large shares of manufacturer rebates, among other practices. We need to ensure our patients receive the drugs they need at a fair price. It is only through transparency that health plans will be able to confirm a PBM is securing the lowest drug costs, and to make sure PBMs operate within the interests of the patients and health plans they are meant to serve. We need to ensure your lawmakers know the facts.

Please contact your Senators today. Find your Senators' phone number here or contact the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request.

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