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Reid Porter is senior director of public affairs at PhRMA, where he focuses on key policy priorities, member engagement and state media relations. He brings over two decades of experience leading communications and managing complex issues across the biopharmaceutical, technology and energy sectors. Porter holds a B.A. from Middlebury College, where he double‑majored in English and Spanish, and a graduate certificate in Publishing from Columbia University. Outside of work, he enjoys writing, traveling, cheering for the Green Bay Packers, playing and watching soccer, playing the violin, rereading Hemingway novels and spending time with family.

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New research: Industry sponsored clinical trials contribute billions to state economies

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340B markup program is a hidden tax, increasing costs for employers, straining state and federal budgets

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Three ways state drug price setting boards fail patients

September 18, 2024

Voters across all 50 states want state policymakers to focus on health insurance and PBM practices

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How government price setting fails to address systemic health care inequities

May 24, 2024

Government price-setting boards: Why Minnesota needs to take a better approach

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Colorado is proof: Too many unanswered questions remain about state government price setting's impact on patients and providers

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The truth about Nebraska's price setting push

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4 truths about state government price setting

October 10, 2023

Three concerns about Colorado's approach to government price setting

August 23, 2023

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May 25, 2023

A win for Indiana patients: “Sharing the savings” legislation now law

May 8, 2023

Americans want state policymakers to lower out-of-pocket costs

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Holding pharmacy benefit managers accountable

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Stopping pharmacy benefit managers from “gaming the system”

February 22, 2023

Minnesota lawmakers are letting PBMs off the hook, and threatening patients’ access to medicines

January 31, 2023

Patients win as West Virginia implements first-in-nation share the savings policy

July 8, 2022

Analysis: States can help patients save nearly $1,000 annually on their medicines

April 21, 2022

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