Independent pharmacists and Big Pharma are working to undermine employer-sponsored healthcare plans to increase their profits at the expense of employers and employees.

Eliminating Discounts

Independent pharmacists and Big Pharma are working to eliminate the ability of self-funded plans to incentivize shopping at pharmacies with lower prices. Employers work to drive down costs by using lower co-pays to encourage patients to visit pharmacies that sell drugs at lower prices. Maryland lawmakers are considering outlawing the use of those incentives, using government control to rewrite private contracts.

Encourage Price Gouging

Independent pharmacists and Big Pharma are working to eliminate protections from price gouging for specialty drugs and at specialty pharmacies. Physician-owned pharmacies can overcharge on specialty drugs, and their lobbyists have worked to ban measures to control costs.

Attacking Mail-Order Rx

Independent pharmacists and Big Pharma are working to eliminate the ability of self-funded plans to incentivize shopping at pharmacies with lower prices. Employers work to drive down costs by using lower co-pays to encourage patients to visit pharmacies that sell drugs at lower prices. Maryland lawmakers are considering outlawing the use of those incentives, using government control to rewrite private contracts.

Removing Patient Protections

Independent pharmacists and Big Pharma are working to eliminate the ability of self-funded plans to incentivize shopping at pharmacies with lower prices. Employers work to drive down costs by using lower co-pays to encourage patients to visit pharmacies that sell drugs at lower prices. Maryland lawmakers are considering outlawing the use of those incentives, using government control to rewrite private contracts.

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Save our Benefits Maryland is a coalition of Maryland leaders dedicated to keeping health benefits affordable and accessible for employers and employees.

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