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Share: This week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its landmark decision in The decision empowers states to take action to hold pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) accountable for their role in managing drug benefits that profit at the expense of pharmacists, pharmacies and the patients who depend on them. The California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) joined the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, the National Community Pharmacists, the American Pharmacists Association, the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, and 50 other state-level pharmacy associations in signing an ...

Bahamas? >> there's not evidence that i've heard of or talking to my sources that this is something that has come up as a national security threat in the meetings. the meetings they're having right now at dhs are mainly about how they care for these people and vet them, of course, as they come in as they would from any country. but, no, i don't think they're talking about the big gangs from the bahamas right now. >> so, julia, if that had happened in the state of florida, we would know that ron desantis, the governor, would be in charge of state efforts and you'd have fema and sba and the whit...

What will be, you know, your conversations? what kind of conversations will you have or perhaps have you already had with the president given your experience with tropical storms and hurricanes in florida? >> well, he was very helpful in the storms we had while i was governor. he declared emergencies early. he made sure fema was ready. i mean, and this week i've talked to fema a variety of times. i've talked to hud. i've talked to ag, i've talked to most of the cabinet members, and they're making sure that the federal government is going to do their part. but it starts with you as an individua...

That is good, but it is really the local elected officials, those local emergency managers that know their community. that is why we support state efforts, we don't necessarily lead them. and know your family. have a plan, have a kit, download the fema app, go to ready.gov, all these things to get information. and check on your neighbors. that is what we do as americans. if you have elderly population in your community that needs assistance, assist them. be part of the team and our citizens are the biggest part of our team that we have and they do a wonderful job in situations like this. >> an...

Populated as you well know, wolf. so that may aid to us, any help we could get we'll take across the board. but we're monitoring the fuel shortages, the fuel outages and we're working with our critical partners to see what, if anything, fema can do, the government can do and again what we don't want to do is prohibit anything with the private sector. we want to be an enabler to what they do. >> what is the most important thing that people in florida need to do to prepare right now? >> wolf, first and foremost, make sure they know the risk and hazards around their communities. make sure they ar...