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AHF Applauds Sen. Wiener’s PBM Abuse Bill

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) issued the following statement in response to Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introducing legislation aimed at reining in pharmacy benefit managers’ abusive practices designed to maximize profits at the expense of pharmacies and patients:

PBMs, have operated for too long in the shadows, interfering with patient access to care, starving pharmacy providers, creating pharmacy deserts while they rake in massive profits that inflate healthcare costs. California patients deserve better.

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“We applaud Senator Wiener for introducing a bill that would bring well-needed reform to the area of pharmacy benefits management,” said Laura Boudreau, AHF Chief of Operations. “Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have operated too long in the shadows, interfering with patient access to care, starving pharmacy providers, creating pharmacy deserts while they rake in massive profits that inflate healthcare costs. California patients deserve and need better.”

AHF has been working closely with the CA Pharmacists Association for more than a year on this, and it is a high priority for AHF's California legislative agenda.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 1.9 million individuals across 45 countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok, and subscribe to our AHFter Hours podcast.

Contacts

Ged Kenslea, AHF Sr. Comms Dir.
(323) 791-5526
Ged.Kenslea@ahf.org

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AHF Applauds Sen. Wiener’s PBM Abuse Bill
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Contacts

Ged Kenslea, AHF Sr. Comms Dir.
(323) 791-5526
Ged.Kenslea@ahf.org

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