Struggling pharmacists turn to legislature for help
Independent pharmacies are closing at an alarming rate in Minnesota, prompting statewide groups to press lawmakers for some relief.
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Independent pharmacies are closing at an alarming rate in Minnesota, prompting statewide groups to press lawmakers for some relief.
Lawmakers are discussing several new bills after dozens of independent pharmacies in Minnesota closed their doors last year.
DFL lawmakers at the Capitol are carrying legislation that would boost pharmacy reimbursement rates and replicate federal policy that let pharmacies test and vaccinate against more illnesses.
Minnesota’s independent pharmacists are pleading for help at the State Capitol, hoping a couple of changes to the law can keep them in business.
The supply chain that brings pharmaceutical drugs from the factory to the pharmacy is long, complex and unclear. Congress and several state legislatures have proposed or enacted laws to bring more transparency and curb soaring drug prices. As PBS special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports in a story that includes his own independent pharmacist – NCPA member John Hoeschen of St. Paul Corner Drug in Saint Paul, Minn.