10/10/2025
NCPA, the Iowa Pharmacy Association, the American Pharmacists Association, and the Independent Pharmacy Cooperative filed a legal brief in federal court this week urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit to reject a challenge to an Iowa law regulating PBM practices that are driving independent pharmacies out of business. “ERISA does not regulate the business practices of third-party providers that, like PBMs, sell goods and services to ERISA plans. Otherwise, ERISA would displace state laws regulating everything from doctors, accountants and lawyers, to hospitals and insurers,” we argue.
📃 Learn more and access our brief: https://bit.ly/4747p99