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Pharmacist group tells Health & Welfare pharmacists can ease care gaps; warns of closures tied to PBMs
Summary
A legislative liaison for the Vermont Pharmacists Association told the Health & Welfare meeting that pharmacists are trained to manage medications and chronic disease, and warned that pharmacy closures—driven in part by pharmacy benefit managers—threaten local access to care.
At a Health & Welfare meeting, Lauren Bodie, legislative liaison for the Vermont Partnerships Association, described how pharmacists’ clinical training and expanded roles can improve outcomes and reduce costs, and warned that the state is losing community pharmacies because of market pressures including practices by pharmacy benefit managers.
"I am a pharmacist who does not touch any medication," Bodie said, describing her clinical training and the role pharmacists play in selecting medications and managing chronic conditions. "When a pharmacist…
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