Kansas pharmacists fight for better oversight of pharmacy middleman companies

By: Morgan Chilson

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 684

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — White medical coats dotted the Capitol rotunda last week when hundreds of pharmacists advocated for industry pricing transparency that would help them stop filling a large percentage of prescriptions for free.

Will Anderson, a Lawrence pharmacist, carried a large three-ring binder with color-coded pages to show a full year of prescriptions filled at his business, Orchards Drug. About 20% of the dark red pages denoted about 26,000 prescriptions filled for under what it …

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