Orchards Drug

03/12/2026

Help us stand up to insurance monopolies and lower drug prices in Kansas. Our bill passed the Senate and is in the House now.

Sign up today: http://bit.ly/stopPBM1

Our state needs to get with the times to reduce health care costs, writes Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt. | Opinion

02/25/2026

PLEASE JOIN US AND SHARE: bit.ly/stopPBM1

Our team went to the Capitol this month with 400 pharmacy professionals from across the state to advocate for legislation to stop insurance middlemen from raising prices and closing local pharmacies.

The bill passed the Senate 32-8 and now heads to the house. Thank you to Senators Francisco, Schmidt, and Kloos for your support.

Please join our effort. Sign up to support your local pharmacy and lower drug costs for Kansans: bit.ly/stopPBM1

01/31/2026

Please share and forward to your state legislators. Kansans must take a stand against insurance monopolies and pass legislation that lowers drug costs and protects local pharmacies.

Please take a moment to ask your state legislators to vote yes on Kansas SB 360.

Please share this and tell everyone you know!!
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There's some misinformation being shared by big insurance companies that Kansas legislators are proposing a "pill tax", and we need your help to spread the truth!

"Kansas Employers for Affordable Healthcare" (KEAH) is an organization funded by the members shown in this image. As you can see, two of the members are giant insurance companies. Together, just these TWO companies process about half the prescriptions in the US, through their Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

Pharmacy Benefit Managers are raising drug costs for everyone (even including the other members of this organization!) while simultaneously underpaying pharmacies. This bill will prevent this from happening by forcing these companies to shift to a payment model similar to the one used by Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Pharmacy. Other states have made similar laws and saved hundreds of millions of dollars and prevented further pharmacy closures at the same time.

Our state needs to take a stand against giant insurance companies and prevent them from continuing to raise drug costs! PLEASE SHARE THIS!

Here is a link to SB 360:
https://irp.cdn-website.com/5540b848/files/uploaded/The+Kansas+Consumer+Prescription+Protection+and+Accountability+Act.pdf

02/07/2025

On Wednesday, we joined 450+ pharmacists, technicians, students, and patients in Topeka to advocate for PBM reform. PBMs are part of the insurance monopolies that are raising prices for patients and driving local pharmacies out of business. Many Kansas pharmacies will close forever this year due to poor reimbursement, leaving communities without essential access to healthcare.

We made a huge impact, but there is more work to do. We won't stop advocating until Kansans are protected from these profit-hungry mega corporations.

Join our movement here and we'll let you know easy ways to help when the time comes! 📣 bit.ly/stopPBM1

01/06/2025

We will be closed Monday January 6th due to 🌨️🌨️🌨️

06/08/2024

Will you vote for us for Best pharmacy in Lawrence? ❤️ Voting ends today!
https://bit.ly/VoteForOrchards24o

05/01/2024

Had a great time playing “Pin the Swab on the Nostril” at Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority’s annual block party. 😎 Thanks to everyone who visited our booth!

12/06/2023

Congrats to our pharmacy technician Perla for gaining admittance into the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy Class of 2028! The future of pharmacy is bright!

08/31/2023

We wouldn't be Lawrence's #1 pharmacy without our amazing staff 🎉 Shoutout to Will, Marissa, Holly, Alyssa, Bart, and Joseph!

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08/31/2023

Proud to be Lawrence's #1 Pharmacy again this year! A big thank you to everyone who voted for us. 🎉 Join our community today: orchardsdrug.com/join

Congrats to our fellow local, independent pharmacies Sigler Pharmacy and Jayhawk Pharmacy for their 2nd/3rd place finishes! Proof that independent pharmacies take great care of their communities. Why not give independent pharmacy a try? Click here to transfer today: orchardsdrug.com/join

08/31/2023

Proud to be Lawrence's #1 pharmacy again this year! A big thank you to everyone who voted for us. 🎉 Join our community today: http://orchardsdrug.com/join

Congrats to our fellow independent pharmacies, Sigler Pharmacy and Jayhawk Pharmacy for their 2nd and 3rd place finishes. Happy to see so much support for our local businesses.

04/20/2023

A new COVID booster has been approved for age 65+ and immunocompromised persons.💉 Schedule now: https://bit.ly/3uDmZoV

If you're age 5+ and haven't been vaccinated yet, now is a great time to get started! You only need to receive one dose of bivalent Pfizer to be fully vaccinated.