Current Federal Legislative News

NCPA is asking pharmacists to call their United States Senators and urge them to vote to keep PBM transparency in the health reform legislation! If you are an RxPlus member, log in to the members only section, select you pharmacy in the list, and send emails to your Senators ASAP!

Members: To find contact information for State Representatives and Senators, Congressmen and U. S. Senators, click Member Login in the upper right corner of this screen, enter your UserName and Password. After you are logged in click the Member List tab, then click the name of your pharmacy from the list. If you don't know your username and password, email us from the Who We Are Contact Us tab and we can send it to you.

Click here to read the Reid (Senate Democrats) bill ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’’. It is in pdf format in which you can enter a search for the word “pharmacy” and see the sections that impact community pharmacy. Another suggested word search is “durable medical.“

Click here to read the Dingell bill (House Democrats) “Affordable Health Care for America Act“, also in pdf.

Other Topics of Interest

Rx Plus member named as a “Superstar“ in Drug Topics magazine. Click here to see story about Rick and Marge McCoy, owners of Lopez Island Pharmacy. 


New on the site for members only, Profit Minute Archives! Member-generated suggestions for improving profits. Log in, go to Inside News, Newsletter Archives.


SMARxT (TM) Disposal Link. Safe disposal of unused medications. Link to the public awareness campaign home page.


Watch video clip from Dr. Mark Riley's DVD about the business practices of PBMs: “Myths, Lies, and Deception“ Click here


Use this Project Vote Smart(c) link to look up All elected officials by zip code. (has handy lookup for 9 digit zip code based on address).
OR
Use the NCPA Web Site to find your Congressman and Senators by zip code.


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The Colorado Board of Pharmacy passed new compounding rules.
To view click here
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Tamper-Resistant pad information
From NCPA:
http://www.ncpanet.org/leggovaffairs/#pads

From the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance link:
Click here

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Check out the Political Action Guide
Log in as a member, look under Inside News, Legislative Update!

From the NCPA Web Site:
”Every community pharmacy has a new business partner with his own ideas about pharmacy. His name is Uncle Sam. We must ratchet up our political involvement to protect our businesses and our patients...” Bruce Roberts, NCPA Executive Vice President and CEO
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