Ensuring the survival of independent pharmacies and equitable patient access to health care depends on incorporating fee-for-service parity in Medicaid Managed Care in the state's final budget plan, currently being negotiated by lawmakers in Albany.

Write a letter to Governor Hochul today urging her to ensure that pharmacies are reimbursed at the cost of drugs plus a reasonable dispensing fee for the prescriptions we fill. The current PBM-controlled model pitifully reimburses pharmacies at or below cost for an overwhelming majority of prescriptions. Put simply, if pharmacies aren't reimbursed fairly, we cannot afford to pay staff deserving salaries, keep our businesses open or provide for our families.