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Dec 30, 2025

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis Could Affect 80% of Nursing Home Residents

An imminent long-term care pharmacy crisis could affect more than 80% of nursing home residents by 2026, with about 84% of pharmacies planning to reduce services or stop serving certain facilities or regions.

Dec 20, 2025

LTE: Policy Change Will Shut Down LTC Pharmacies

Having worked in the healthcare arena, I learned that good policy requires understanding medical service delivery. A federal policy change could cause a crisis for Idaho’s vulnerable seniors, including my neighbors and me in Council.

Dec 12, 2025

Op-ed: Long-term care pharmacy change would endanger Maine’s seniors

I’ve spent years in public service — on the town of Wells Board of Selectmen and in the Maine Legislature — learning that the best leaders are the ones who prevent crises before they happen. Whether it’s protecting our shores or ensuring our community members have what they need, proactive leadership saves lives and saves money.

Dec 12, 2025

Op-ed: Medicare changes could close 60% of Arizona’s long-term care pharmacies

I had the honor of caring for my mother through the last years of her life as she fought stage 4 gastric cancer. Her care team consisted of internists, nurses and pharmacists, each leveraging their specialties to ensure my mother received the best care possible. This was a stark difference from our past, where at the age of 10 years, I watched my mother give birth prematurely to triplet brothers in our home in Egypt. The closest medical facility with specialized neonatal care was 300 miles away and financially out of reach for our family. Two of my brothers didn’t survive.

Dec 11, 2025

Letter to the Editor: Inquirer readers on billing by long-term care pharmacies

If you walk into any nursing home in the southeastern corner of the commonwealth, you’ll find a highly choreographed system of long-term care (LTC) pharmacies humming along that help keep older Pennsylvanians safe and are the backbone of patient care.

Dec 10, 2025

This indispensable service comes at a cost. Does Congress care?

For more than two years now, pharmacists who are the sole provider of prescriptions for the nation’s most vulnerable, often chronically ill patients have begged Congress for relief from a potentially devastating pricing change.

Dec 9, 2025

New ad campaign calls on lawmakers to preserve seniors’ access to long-term care pharmacies

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) unveiled a new ad campaign that calls on Congress to pass the Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act (HR 5031/S 3159) and highlights the negative effects recent Medicare Part D drug pricing policy changes have had on seniors’ ability to access needed prescriptions.

Dec 8, 2025

Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition Releases Statement in Support of the PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), the leading voice for the nation’s long-term care (LTC) pharmacy community, released the following statement in support of the newly introduced PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act. 

Dec 6, 2025

Op-ed: Changes to Medicare threaten long term care facilities in rural Michigan

I’ve spent most of my career in public service, including time in the United States and Michigan House of Representatives, City Council, and Board of Commissioners. Throughout these roles, one thing has been clear: when Washington policies overlook the realities of rural communities, rural communities are the ones who pay the price. In less than a month, changes to Medicare Part D reimbursement threaten to financially devastate long-term care pharmacies and the nursing homes and assisted living facilities they serve.

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