News & Updates

Medium.com Patients and pharmacists share a special relationship, often stretching back generations. Even the frightening spike in drug...

California Business Journal – August 25, 2020 Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) were created to be the middleman and negotiate drug...

Grit Daily – August 17, 2020 Independent pharmacies are being forced into bankruptcy due to underpayment for Medicaid reimbursements,...

Lissette Campos – July 15, 2020 I arrived at Bill’s Prescription Center in Brandon an hour early, half expecting to find a quiet...

Grit Daily – April 30, 2020 Why are drug costs so high in America? If you ask Bernie Sanders, he will tell you that it’s due to the greed...

Tampa Bay News 10, July 9, 2020 So far, at least 8 independent Tampa Bay pharmacies have shut down because of challenges with Pharmacy...

The Town Crier, February 28, 2020 On Wednesday, Feb. 19, the advocacy group Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) hosted a...

83 Degrees, July 14, 2020 Tampa summers are typically the “slow season” for local pharmacies. But during COVID-19, nothing is typical nor...

Cision Newswire, June 15, 2020 Physicians and Patient Advocates Call for More State Disclosures The Alliance for Transparent and...

NBC WPTV 5, February 13, 2020 A popular pharmacist is calling for prescription drug pricing reform in Florida after a newly released...

Florida Politics, March 8, 2020 Over the past year, I’ve made the drive from my small pharmacy in DeFuniak Springs to Tallahassee dozens...

Citrus County Chronicle February 12, 2020 In the competitive pharmaceutical industry where drug manufacturers vie for huge market shares,...

The Capitolist February 4, 2020 A new Florida study, released last week, found that major health care companies using pharmacy benefit...

STAT News Plus January 31, 2020 As angst rises over the prices paid for medicines, a new analysis finds some pharmacy benefit managers...

Health News Florida January 31, 2020 Amid a legislative tussle with millions of dollars on the line, people who operate pharmacies in...

Capitol Soup, January 30, 2020 Study analyzing 359 million prescription AHCA drug claims documents widespread abuse Legislators and...

Florida Politics,  January 16, 2020 Four years after I was diagnosed with heart failure in 2013, I had a heart attack. My heart was...

Florida Politics, January 13, 2020 Will this be the year that Floridians at long last receive some financial relief from prescription...

Tallahassee Democrat, January 11, 2020 There are people with no medical training and no obligation to patients who have the power to...

Florida Politics, December 24, 2019 State Sen. Tom Wright is pushing legislation for the upcoming 2020 Session that would increase...

Tampa Bay Times by: Dr. Michael Diaz December 26, 2019 When patients are battling a life-threatening disease like cancer, they want a...

The Capitolist December 20, 2019 Calling out Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or “PBM’s” for predatory business practices, a bipartisan group...

Tampa Bay Business Journal December 18, 2019 In an attempt to lower health care costs for Floridians, a Tampa Republican and other...

Florida Daily December 19, 2019 Florida state Rep. Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, was joined by fellow lawmakers, patients, physicians,...