AMCP CEO Susan Cantrell Comments On Supreme Court Case

In commenting on Rutledge v. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, scheduled to be argued before the US Supreme Court yesterday, Susan Cantrell, CEO of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy remarked, “Managed care pharmacy professionals work to get patients the medications they need at costs they can afford.” Cantrell argues that “patients are at risk of increased health care costs and hindered health outcomes depending on the ruling in Rutledge v. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.” Cantrell argued that stakes couldn’t be higher because “access to affordable health care including a pharmacy benefit is of critical importance as more and more are impacted by this pandemic.” Read the full article here.

(Source: Susan Cantrell, Morning Consult, October 7, 2020)