Louisianans shouldn’t pay a penny more than necessary for their medicines.
Powerful prescription drug middlemen are standing between us and fair, affordable prices.
About PBMs
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are middlemen hired by health plans, employers, and government programs to manage prescription drug benefits, influencing what Louisianans pay at the pharmacy. Instead of lowering prescription drug costs, large PBMs use hidden tactics to increase their profit margins by driving up prescription drug costs, threatening the survivial of your pharmacy, and capturing savings for themselves that should support patient care and lower out-of-pocket costs.
About Us
Louisianans for PBM Accountability is a Louisiana First coalition built to stand up for Louisiana patients, businesses, pharmacies, and taxpayers, not corporate middlemen. We are a non-partisan group of patient advocates, medical professionals, pharmacists, working families and business leaders, faith groups, community organizations, and everyday citizens who believe Louisiana families deserve fair prices and honest healthcare.
We are united by a simple goal: make sure Louisianans are not overpaying for the medicines they need to live healthy, productive lives.
By advancing proven reforms and working with lawmakers, regulators, and stakeholders, we are fighting to restore fairness, transparency, and common sense to Louisiana’s prescription drug marketplace.
Our Priorities
The Louisianans for PBM Accountability Project brings together patients, providers, pharmacists, employers, and consumer advocates committed to a prescription drug system that works for people, not middlemen.
We support practical, bipartisan reforms that:
- End PBM spread pricing and require transparent, pass-through payment models so plans and taxpayers know exactly what drugs cost.
- Shine a light on PBM fees, rebates, and pricing practices through strong reporting, audits, and enforcement.
- Ensure PBMs are licensed, accountable, and subject to meaningful oversight by state regulators.
- Protect patients’ access to trusted, community pharmacies and stop anti-competitive steering to PBM-owned pharmacies.
- Align PBM incentives with lowering out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy counter and improving adherence to appropriate treatments.
Louisiana does not have to start from scratch: we can adopt and adapt best-in-class reforms already working in other states while tailoring them to our unique healthcare landscape.
Together, we can ensure that every dollar spent on prescription medicines in Louisiana goes where it belongs — toward better health, not hidden PBM profits.
What We Do
We fight for transparency, fairness, and accountability in Louisiana’s prescription drug marketplace.
Our work includes:
Educating policymakers and the public about how PBM practices drive up costs and limit access to care; we turn complicated industry jargon into clear, plain-language facts.
Sharing proven solutions from other states and national experts, customized for Louisiana’s healthcare needs.
Supporting bipartisan legislation and regulatory reforms that promote transparency, fair reimbursement, and put patients first.
Giving patients, employers, pharmacists, and providers an effective voice in the fight to lower prescription drug costs and protect community healthcare access.
HB 938: A Louisiana Solution
By advancing HB 938, Louisiana can build on successful reforms in other states and deliver a prescription drug system that works for the people who pay the premiums and pick up their medicines — not for powerful corporations in the middle. We urge lawmakers to pass HB 938 and make PBM accountability a reality in Louisiana.
Updates
Stay up to date on how PBM reforms — and PBM abuses — are affecting Louisiana and other states.