Recent legislation in Alabama was designed to rein in the unchecked power of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), but patients and independent pharmacies across the state are still paying the price due to deceptive PBM influences.

PBMs claim they manage prescription drug benefits and lower costs. Instead, they’ve evolved into powerful, profit-driven middlemen that insert themselves between patients, pharmacies and drug manufacturers. Today, they operate with little transparency, dictate which medications patients can access, and determine how much pharmacies are paid – often significantly below cost.

Pharmacists feel an innate responsibility to take care of their patients. So much so, they often provide care despite financial loss. If you have ever been told, “We can’t get that drug,” or “Y

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