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Nov 7, 2025
Op-ed: Congress must act for seniors to avert long-term care pharmacy crisis
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky takes great pride in caring for our seniors and aging adults. Every day, across the commonwealth, thousands of dedicated healthcare professionals deliver high-quality, compassionate care to our loved ones at nearly 300 nursing homes, assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities.
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Nov 7, 2025
Op-ed: Support long-term care pharmacies to keep our seniors safe and healthy
By Bryan Posthumus | Published November 6, 2025 Seniors in Michigan rely on long-term care (LTC) pharmacies to manage the complexity of their medical needs. Averaging 12-14 medications daily, patients need the reliable and specialized services offered by LTC pharmacies. Nowhere is this more important than in Michigan’s rural areas, where nearly 20,000 seniors on […]
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Nov 5, 2025
Op-ed: Rivero Reacts to LTC Patient Threats from Biden’s ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
Touts ‘Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act’ as short-term solution By Steve Kirwan | Published November 4, 2025 in Arizona Globe Long-term healthcare patients are facing an impending crisis due to the price locks created by Joe Biden’s signature legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act. In a textbook example of the law of unintended consequences, […]
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Nov 5, 2025
Op-ed: Rural seniors in California are facing a healthcare crisis. Congress must act now
As a professional advisor with over a decade of experience specializing in the financial security of California’s elderly, especially in rural communities, I feel compelled to sound the alarm on an imminent crisis that threatens the very foundation of long-term care in our state. Unless Congress acts swiftly, thousands of Californians could lose access to vital pharmaceutical services and long-term care.
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Nov 5, 2025
Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition releases report on Medicare Part D drug prices
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition has released a new report, “Economic Impact of Medicare Part D Negotiated Drug Prices on Long-Term Care Pharmacy Economics,” that finds the combined impact of actual 2026 Medicare Part D negotiated drug prices and expected 2027 prices will negatively impact access to prescription drugs and essential LTC pharmacy services for millions of seniors.
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Oct 28, 2025
‘Devastating consequences’ if LTC pharmacy subsidy doesn’t materialize
The average long-term care pharmacy will see its operating margin decline 35% by 2027, thanks to the financial effects of Medicare’s drug price negotiation program.
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Oct 27, 2025
Op-ed: California Seniors Face a Looming Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis—Congress and President Trump Can Fix It
Every day across California, seniors depend on long-term care (LTC) facilities and the specialized pharmacies that keep them healthy, safe, and stable. These LTC pharmacies are a lifeline—providing not just prescriptions, but clinical oversight, 24/7 medication delivery, patient-specific packaging, and consulting pharmacists who ensure that complex medication regimens are accurate and effective.
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Oct 10, 2025
Rep. Beth Van Duyne: Congress can save seniors’ access to medications before it’s too late
Seniors in nursing homes across the country depend on round-the-clock care and medications, perhaps more than any other American patient population. In turn, the nursing homes and assisted living facilities that care for them depend on a small number of specialized long-term care (LTC) pharmacies to ensure their patients have access to the prescription meds they need.
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Sep 24, 2025
Bill Aims to Offset Reimbursement Losses for Long-Term Care Pharmacies Catering to Nursing Homes
Starting in January, falling prices for costly drugs may strain long-term care pharmacies, but proposed legislation backed by advocacy groups aims to subsidize some of this loss. And nursing home advocacy groups are among those urging Congress to pass the Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act.
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