Employer Coalition Urges Congress to Pass PBM Reforms This Year
“Given the outsized role prescription drugs play in rising health care costs, it is essential that Congress pass reforms that will ensure transparency and accountability in the PBM industry,” said Alan Gilbert, Vice President of Policy for the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), which leads the EmployersRx coalition.
- “Given the outsized role prescription drugs play in rising health care costs, it is essential that Congress pass reforms that will ensure transparency and accountability in the PBM industry,” said Alan Gilbert, Vice President of Policy for the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), which leads the EmployersRx coalition.
- “We are encouraged by the progress that has been made in the Senate and urge Congress to act quickly to pass these reforms into law,” said James Gelfand, President and CEO of The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC).
- “Implementing these common-sense, free-market reforms will help to ensure that employers, health plans and patients have access to affordable prescription drugs.”
EmployersRx is committed to working with Congress to ensure that PBM reforms are passed this year. - The coalition is urging Congress to take action to ensure that employers, health plans and patients are not paying more for drugs than they should be.