A national coalition of consumers, businesses and community-based pharmacists says the merger of pharmacy benefit management giants Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions would put too much power into the hands of a consolidated PBM, and could threaten patient access to equal and affordable access to health care.

Former North Carolina Congresswoman Eva M. Clayton will chair the coaltion, called the Preserve Community Pharmacy Access NOW! (PCPAN). 

The group will also include the PA Pharmacists Association, the PA Breast Cancer Coalition.

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