PBM Reform is Important for America
AMAC Action has been very vocal on behalf of our members regarding the layers of anti-competitive business practices used by PBMs, including reducing market competition for drugs, using spread pricing to increase profits without lowering costs, using claw-backs that hurt independent community pharmacies, and shifting patients to costlier drugs. None of these practices are in the best interest of the patient.
The reforms currently in discussions during the continuing resolution process are mostly budget neutral, meaning reform won’t cost the American taxpayer. Regardless of what happens with the current talks, AMAC Action will continue to push for PBM Reform.
Meetings
December 19 Chapter Meeting: AK-At Large Delegate Robert Coulter hosted the chapter meeting for AMAC members in the Anchorage area. Gabby Ide from Moms for Liberty and Jim Minnery of the Alaska Family Council discussed that the next series of elections are on the horizon and proper cohesiveness is a winning strategy.
Action ☆ Academy
Just Say “Merry Christmas”
Dennis Prager addresses the war on Christmas and why Americans should Just Say “Merry Christmas” in a PragerU 5-minute video. PragerU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes American values in short educational videos for people of all ages.
Term of the Week: Caucus
caucus (noun): a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
caucus (verb): to meet in or hold a caucus
(“Merriam-Webster Dictionary.” Merriam-Webster.com, 2021, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caucus. Accessed 20 December 2024.)
Class for November and December
Economics 101: The Principles of Free Market Economics
Economics is ultimately about making choices. Learn about economics and how the American Founders believed that economic freedom and property rights are rooted in the natural competition and cooperation of human beings. They believed that the best economic system should consist of private property and be allowed to operate freely. Learn more in Hillsdale College’s free online course Economics 101: The Principles of Free Market Economics. This 10-session course includes lessons on supply and demand, the “information problem” behind the failure of central planning, the rise of macroeconomics under the influence of John Maynard Keynes, and the 2008 financial crisis.
Quote of the Week
“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
― Aristotle
For Christmas Day: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Hark! the herald Angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King,
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinner reconcil’d.
Hark! the herald Angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King.
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies,
With the angelic host proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Hark! the herald Angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King.
Christ by highest Heaven ador’d,
Christ the everlasting Lord!
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Hark! the herald Angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail, the incarnate Deity,
Pleased as Man with man to dwell,
Jesus our Immanuel!
Hark! the herald Angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King.
Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings.
Hark! the herald Angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King.
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald Angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King.
Fight to save the America we love! If you’d like to become a volunteer AMAC Action Delegate, please contact us at (855) 809-6976 or [email protected].
Just keeping my social security benefits from being taking away from me would be a great thing for AMAC to accomplish. We lost our survivor benefits in 2024 without any feedback from AMAC. So what do you have planned for 2025? I’ve got a good ideal, lets award social security to public employees who didn’t pay in to social security and to make it better, lets forgive their student loan. I lost a large part of my government civilian retirement because when I left federal civilian service they sent me the retirement I had paid – $12,000. When I returned to federal civilian service I needed to repay the retirement. I sent them a check for $12,000 but they weren’t satisfied with that they charged me interest. They wanted $55,000 in one lump sum payment. So I’m taking a big reduction in my 20 years of federal service retirement. And I don’t see them giving me any credits for that 10 years of not paying social security like they’re going to give these guys.- those are all 0 years for me.