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Dec 3, 2025
Op-ed: America’s Nursing-Home Pharmacy System Is About to Break
Democrats in Washington have spent the last two years celebrating the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug-pricing provisions. And, yes, lower prices and a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap make for good headlines, but beneath that victory lap sits a part of the health-care system almost no one thinks about: the pharmacies that serve nursing-home residents. Their stability determines whether millions of elderly Americans receive the medications they rely on every day.
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Dec 3, 2025
Op-ed: Dems Set Trump Up for False Healthcare ‘Fail’
The Biden administration appears to have set a trap for the Trump administration with a federal provision for funding specialized senior healthcare.
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Dec 3, 2025
Trump Could Move to Shield Seniors As Biden’s IRA Triggers Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis
As we fast approach the end of the year, legislators and others are sounding the alarm bells on a Biden administration provision in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that could spell doom for long-term care (LTC) pharmacies and the American seniors they serve.
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Nov 29, 2025
Op-ed: Trump Administration must act to preserve senior care
During my years representing the rural communities of southcentral
Pennsylvania, I learned that when a system works smoothly and
efficiently, people take it for granted. -
Nov 21, 2025
Op-ed: Congress needs to pass H.R. 5031
After thirty years serving the people of Ohio in state government and now volunteering with veterans and seniors in care facilities, I’ve learned that good intentions don’t always lead to good outcomes. That’s exactly what’s happening with Medicare Part D drug price negotiations.
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Nov 20, 2025
Negotiated drug prices would force LTC pharmacists out of business, cost taxpayers billions, coalition says
If Congress does not pass proposed legislation to address the cost to long-term pharmacies related to negotiated drug prices, it could cost taxpayers up to $4.8 billion in increased healthcare costs over the next decade, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition said this week.
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Nov 19, 2025
Op-ed: Long-term care pharmacies matter to rural Idaho
Access to health care in rural Idaho is critical, which is why I’m concerned about a serious problem facing our long-term care communities. Because of changes in drug pricing, as of Jan. 1, we may see 60% of America’s long-term care pharmacies close.
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Nov 18, 2025
IRA Drug Supply Fee Bill For LTC Pharmacies Could Prevent $4.8B Cost To Taxpayers
Long-term care (LTC) pharmacies are stepping up their calls for Congress to pass the bipartisan, bicameral Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act with the release of a new analysis Monday (Nov. 17) by the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) that found failure to ensure LTC pharmacies are not negatively impacted when new maximum fair prices for select Medicare Part D drugs become effective next year may cost taxpayers up to $4.8 billion in increased health care costs over the next decade.
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Nov 18, 2025
Op-ed: I promised to fight for common-sense policies rooted in our core conservative principles
When I ran for office, I promised that I would fight for common-sense policies rooted in our core conservative principles. That means protecting our citizens and ensuring that we keep the good-paying jobs that sustain our communities. Right now, I’m concerned about how upcoming changes to Medicare Part D reimbursement will affect long-term care pharmacies in our state.
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