HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– Pharmacists clad in white coats packed the Capitol steps calling for reform of pharmacy benefit managers (PBM). “People may not think they’re affected by this, but I got news for you, this affects everyone in our state,” said Chris Antypas, president of Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. PBMs are a go-between for health insurance […]
Wondering where he could get prescription diabetic shoes after his neighborhood Davidsville Mainline Pharmacy closes, Jim Carr visited the store for a final time, offering his sympathies to the clerk
Wondering where he could get prescription diabetic shoes after his neighborhood Davidsville Mainline Pharmacy closes, Jim Carr visited the store for a final time, offering his sympathies to the clerk
At first glance, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban may seem to have little in common with an independent pharmacy owner. But they have one shared adversary: pharmacy benefit managers. They claim the drug price negotiators are putting mom-and-pop drugstores out of business. Pharmacy benefit managers — known as PBMs — are
When George Robert “Bob” Dick began working with his father in 1958, it was a completely different world. Dick’s Pharmacy, owned by his dad, Gerald Dick, at its original location on Fourth Street in Altoona, had the wooden fixtures and marble soda fountain of a bygone era. When Bob Dick became the sole owner of […]