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By stepping in, Andy McDonald owner of Lone Star Pharmacy, kept the only pharmacy in the area open–ensuring his community had access to critical health services.

Brian Nightengale, President of Good Neighbor Pharmacy participated in several key meetings including meetings with Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Joe Grogan.

House Republican Leadership in consultation with the Trump Administration decided to pull the American Health Care Act (AHCA), minutes before the House of Representatives was set to vote on the legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Unable to bridge the divide between the more conservative and moderate wings of the party, Republicans must now make decisions as to whether to proceed with comprehensive health care reform or take a piecemeal approach, while also attending to other key health care legislative priorities.

Amid efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Congressional lawmakers are pursuing policies to advance community pharmacy. DIR fees, pharmacist provider status, and legislation to address fair and timely reimbursement are measurers that have been introduced early in the 115th Congress.

Legislation to recognize pharmacists as providers of care in the Medicare Part B program was recently re-introduced in Congress. The legislation, which would expand patient access to quality health care services in medically underserved and health care professional shortage areas has broad bipartisan and bicameral support with over 100 cosponsors in the House of Representatives and nearly 30 in the Senate.