prescription drugs
State Representative Tom Leek (R-Ormand Beach) spoke with The Floridian regarding his bill that has finally gone into effect after nearly five years since its passage. The bill, HB 19 – Prescription Drug Importation Programs – was sponsored by State Rep. Leek and was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in 2019. State Rep. Leek’s […]
Big Pharma is pushing back on a Florida proposal that aims to make prescription drugs less expensive by allowing them to be imported safely from Canada. A petition has been filed on the site Regulations.gov by Washington D.C. lawfirm Covington & Burling on behalf of PhRMA, the union representing the nation's largest biopharmaceutical research companies, […]
Across Florida, members of various organizations, associations, and advocacy groups have formed a new coalition to address and fight against prescription drug prices and the “pharmacy middlemen.” The name of the coalition is known as The PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Managers) Accountability Project of Florida. According to the group, the coalition “represents leaders from Florida’s business […]
Just when lawmakers, lobbyists, and public relations firms thought that the last weekend before the 2023 legislative session would be a quiet and uneventful one—the calm before the storm, if you will— Senator Jason Brodeur threw a monkey wrench into their weekend plans. On Friday, Sen. Brodeur filed Gov. Ron DeSantis’s much-anticipated 43-page “Prescription Drug […]
A week after The Floridian reported that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was going to push for the state legislature to address the prescription drug issue, Governor DeSantis dropped an anvil on the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) lobby. During a press conference in The Villages retirement community in Central Florida, Gov. DeSantis signaled to the Republican-led […]
With rising prescription drug costs throughout the nation, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) implemented a program labeled the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program. This effort, which was created alongside the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) which was designed to allow the state of Florida to import Canadian prescription drugs in hopes of reducing the prices. […]
While inflation has remained President Biden's (D) biggest challenge to his presidency, it seems that this hurdle is now being reflected in public opinion. The Inflation Reduction Act has been coined by Democrats as the solution for inflation, but 50% of seniors still oppose the legislation. Last month, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, […]
The direction of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) filed an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final rule implementing the Section 804 Importation Proposal (SIP). DeSantis has since urged the Biden Administration to approve his recent proposal to continue the […]
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced the Agency for Health Care Administration has officially submitted the Section 804 Importation Proposal to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Florida’s Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program.
By Scott Lara Before COVID-19 shut down the global economy, prescription drug costs were already a concern for many Floridians. Now more than ever, with about 17% of the state’s workforce filing for unemployment, keeping the cost of prescription drugs down is crucial for consumers across the state who have been forced into challenging circumstances […]
Over 200 million Americans have their pharmacy benefits managed through a Pharmacy Benefit Manager, saving us approximately 25 percent on the cost of our prescription drugs vs. unmanaged drug costs. They are the only entities in the drug supply chain dedicated to lowering the cost and increasing the quality of our prescription drugs.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) close personal and working relationship with President Trump continues to pay dividends for Floridians, as the governor announced that the Trump administration plan to allow for “safe and affordable prescription drug importation from Canada” to Florida has moved a step further.
Last week, the Democratic-lead House of Representatives passed the Lower Costs Now Act of 2019 along party lines by a vote margin of 230-192.
Cutting the astronomical costs of prescription drugs is a bipartisan effort that is being pushed both at the federal and state levels of government, and considering that Florida has a huge and growing retirement community, the need to cut drug costs for those on a fixed retirement income is that much more important.
House passes bill to lower prescription drug costs
Yesterday, the Florida Senate met in two separate committees to discuss the issue of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the prescription drug supply chain. Both meetings had diverse panels representing the various interests in the matter as they attempted to move toward reform.
Both Republican and Democratic members of Congress want to make prescription drug prices more affordable for Americans, as does President Donald Trump, who asked for bipartisan legislation to cut drug costs for Americans.
In a move that could help Gov. Ron DeSantis carry out an ambitious effort to cut drug prices, President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday a plan intended to make it easier for states like Florida to bring in prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.