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James Lankford: “We passed several PBM reforms. Included in that was my Protect Patients Access to Pharmacies Act President…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published September 20, 2026

So I'm very grateful for folks that want to be able to step up and to be able to do this. We've Talked before about PBMs and where we are bipartisan basis around this. Diesel. We passed several PBM reforms. Included in that was my Protect Patients Access to Pharmacies Act President signed. It's now in the implementation phase. The challenge of that is trying to get contracting information, getting accurate information. (00:26–00:34)

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Asserts that several PBM reforms were passed, including the Protect Patients Access to Pharmacies Act.

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“Basically they took Title 10 funding away from Oklahoma because we would not promote abortion in our state.”
Asserts that Title 10 funding was removed from Oklahoma due to the state's stance on abortion.04:52-04:58
“We've now identified multiple folks that have eating disorders that are getting access to prescription drugs for assisted suicide.”
Asserts that individuals with eating disorders are accessing prescription drugs for assisted suicide.05:42-05:51
“President Biden made some changes in the Title 10 rule which intentionally took money away from Oklahoma.”
Asserts that President Biden's changes to the Title 10 rule took funding away from Oklahoma.04:43-04:49
“Senator Kaine and I have worked on the issue of assisted suicide. This is an issue that needs some oversight, quite frankly, from HHS.”
Asserts that assisted suicide needs oversight from HHS.05:30-05:40