Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act

This bill would require Medicare drug plans to pay long-term care pharmacies an extra supply fee for certain prescriptions in 2026 and 2027. The fee applies to drugs dispensed at the government-negotiated "maximum fair price" and would be $30 per prescription in 2026, then increased by an annual percentage in 2027. The fee would be paid on top of other pharmacy payments, and plans that fail to pay it would face a penalty of at least $10,000 per failure. The federal government would repay plans for these fees within 18 months after each plan year, and the Government Accountability Office would study and report to Congress on payments to long-term care pharmacies.

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Sponsors

• James Lankford Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors