With Senate and House leaders trying to craft a health care reform bill to send to the White House, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) today offered lawmakers updated recommendations for the would-be final legislation.
"Community pharmacists are ready and willing to help improve health outcomes and lower costs," said NCPA Executive Vice President and CEO Bruce T. Roberts, RPh. "We greatly appreciate the bipartisan backing in both chambers for reforms that support community pharmacists. The recommendations we present here will make a good thing even better for patients. We will continue working with Congress in hopes of enacting these proposals."
In a letter (available here) to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., NCPA offered the following suggestions: