Lebanon Shops Pharmacy

05/29/2026

Patient steering is a serious problem. You should have the right to choose your pharmacy

May 25 Marks One Year Since Martella’s Pharmacies Received the PBM, Express Scripts’ Termination Notice Serving UPMC and Highmark Managed Care Plans; Advocacy Website Launches to Mobilize Patient VoicesJOHNSTOWN, PA (May 22, 2026) — Pennsylvania patients losing access to their local pharmacies...

05/22/2026

Good start, but not enough. So many states are ahead of us, with pharmacies closing every day here in PA.

We need to step on the gas and follow the lead of other states strict PBM reform (like Tennessee, Mississippi, or Ohio, to name a few)

Governor Shapiro’s pressure on PBMs and Act 77 reforms are causing PBMs to move away from spread pricing that hurts pharmacies.

05/21/2026

Keep pushing on our representatives to pass these acts!

05/19/2026

“The bottom line is simple: it cost more to run my pharmacy than I was paid to provide care. No business, no matter how dedicated, can survive under those conditions.”

Governor Shapiro, are you listening as pharmacies struggle and close their doors?

The commonwealth faces a pharmacy desert crisis as PBMs reimburse independent pharmacies below cost while pocketing millions through spread pricing. House Bill 2270 and Senate Bill 1186 offer solutions, but time is running out.

05/19/2026

Hi everyone!
Our phones are currently down due to a network outage. Our provider is working on a solution.

We can still receive texts at 412-504-7064
And our pharmacy system is still up and running!

We apologize for the inconvenience

05/14/2026

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🎉 The Patients Before Monopolies Act was reintroduced today in both chambers of Congress — and NCPA is proud to endorse it! This bill aims squarely at the conflicts of interest created by vertically integrated PBMs by prohibiting a parent company from owning both a PBM/health insurer and a phar...

05/11/2026

Running two drugstores is a break-even endeavor for Primary Care Pharmacy Services owner Anthony Bertola, as long as he barely pays himself. There’s little he can do to improve his margins — he’s at the mercy of a small number of companies that oversee prescription drug benefits.

Pharmacies buy their drugs from wholesalers. They’re primarily paid for dispensing them by pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, who are hired as middlemen by insurance companies, employers funding their own health plans and government programs.

05/07/2026

Mother’s Day is this Sunday!
We have gifts and a brand new truck full of beautiful flowers and plants. Check it out! 🌸🌼

05/05/2026

THANK YOU to state senators Wayne Langerholc Jr., Judy Ward, and Pat Stefano for standing up against predatory PBM practices

It’s viewed as a way to ease financial pressures on pharmacies throughout the state.

04/30/2026

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have quietly become some of the most powerful—and least understood—players in the U.S. healthcare system. Companies like CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx control access to medications for over 80% of Americans