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The National Community Pharmacists Association on Wednesday urged congressional leaders to extend the Paycheck Protection Program and pass several other provisions aimed at helping independent pharmacies on the front line of the fight against COVID-19.
“As end-of-year negotiations are underway to finalize a FY21 spending package and COVID-19 relief legislation, we request that you strongly address the priorities of the independent community pharmacies, who have been serving on the front lines since March providing much-needed prescriptions and testing services to patients in their communities,” wrote NCPA senior vice president of government affairs Karry La Violette in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.