Bipartisan effort aims to stabilize Virginia’s pharmacies
Delegate Otto Wachsmann, Senator Travis Hackworth, Delegates Katrina Callsen and Terry Kilgore, Senator Aaron Rouse and Delegate Joshua Cole gather with advocates for pharmacy reform. (Credit: Senator Aaron Rouse’s office)
Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, have been blamed for hurting the bottom line of privately owned pharmacies. And those in the industry say it’s forcing such small businesses to close their doors.
But what if the state made its own PBM?
Brad Kutner has more from Richmond.
(Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Sen. Travis Hackworth as Sen. Danny Diggs.)
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