Last Tuesday, a federal judge denied a combined NCPA-led effort with the Iowa Pharmacy Association, APhA, and IPC to submit an amicus brief in support of Iowa’s defense of its PBM reform bill, SF 383. The law is being challenged by a group of employers who believe that the newly enacted law will raise health care costs. (Where have we heard that before??) After waiting over two weeks to seek emergency injunctive relief, the plaintiffs challenged eight provisions that regulate third-party payers and 16 more that apply solely to PBMs. This was all done on a compressed schedule of their own making and their combined pleadings tallied over 100 pages. NCPA and our partners felt that this kind of challenge could not go unanswered by the folks who are directly impacted by such a grave misunderstanding of the positive impact that PBM reform legislation can have on competition, prices, affordability, quality, and access. To read our combined brief, please see here.
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