Resources for Advocacy Issues & News
Locate Your Legislator
This page on the APhA website allows you to look up both state and federal legislators.
Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
PUTT is a non-profit advocacy organization founded by independent pharmacists and pharmacy owners devoted to exposing the truth about the anti-competitive tactics of PBMs. American Pharmacies is a proud member and partner of PUTT and works closely with the organization on advocacy issues.
National Community Pharmacists Assn.
NCPA is a major national advocate for community pharmacists on public policy issues that affect their patients and pharmacies. NCPA advocates on issues ranging from PBM abuses to pharmacists’ ability to practice at their full scope.
American Pharmacists Association
APhA represents all pharmacy practitioners nationwide and has extensive advocacy resources, especially on scope-of-practice issues. The APhA Action Center offers tools for creating customized communications to your legislators.
46brooklyn
46brooklyn is an Ohio non-profit that works to improve accessibility and usability of U.S. drug pricing data. 46brooklyn takes the myriad data sources scattered across the web and stitches them together into data visualizations that can be used by pharmacists to better understand the drug supply chain. It’s a great tool for comparing Medicaid/Medicare pricing across states.
This broad-based coalition representing healthcare, labor, business, pharmacy, and consumer/patient advocacy groups offers policy recommendations for political stakeholders as well as great infographics and collateral you can use to help educate legislators.