
Pharmacists push for provider status and PBM overhaul as IRA policies squeeze pharmacies—what it means for access to vaccines, PrEP, and vital meds.
Ashley Gallagher is an assistant managing editor at Drug Topics®. She graduated in 2020 in journalism and mass communications and received her master’s degree in 2025 in digital journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Previously, she worked as a pharmacy technician for a retail chain.

Pharmacists push for provider status and PBM overhaul as IRA policies squeeze pharmacies—what it means for access to vaccines, PrEP, and vital meds.

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