Ben Calcaterra

Politically charged pharmacist trying to make a difference. Dad, runner, Triathlete, pilot, adventure lover.

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

If #PBM's deserve DIR fee take backs, then #Pharmacies deserve the rebates.

ESI wants to hold 14% of generic costs and 19% of brand AWP up front from payments to pharmacies. Plus they get TONS of $$$ back in rebates. They make bank. We go out of business.

#FixDIR

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@ExpressScripts decides to remove pharmacies from ClearSprings PDP, pulling the rug out from under Medicare beneficiaries, and ESI goes quiet when pts and Rph's look for info and resolve. No notice from ESI means breech of contract. Coercing to mail order is anti- competitive.

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@CVSHealth Tax payers get screwed again as CVS gets to pad their pockets by stealing more than their fair share. Is this contract 100% transparent? All rebates going back to the government? Open network so pts can pick their own pharmacy?

Yeah, none of those are true.

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@GovPritzker @IL_Natl_Guard Stop discriminating against small business and allow independent pharmacies to vaccinate. No need to call in national guard or spend state dollars when the infrastructure is ALREADY IN PLACE! Follow your approved emergency procedures and let us help!

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@GovPritzker Stop spending State dollars deploying vaccination teams when thousands of fully capable Pharmacists have been begging to help. Distribute the vaccine through normal channels and stop making things up as you go. The State had an approved plan for this year's ago.

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@GovPritzker The only way this works is if you expand availability of vaccine providers to all the Independent Pharmacies located in all the undeserved areas of Illinois. Instead of putting more hardship on understaffed chain Pharmacists let us help!

We are begging to help!

#IndyRx

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@GovPritzker @UnitedCenter If you'd follow the recommendations to use Independent Pharmacies, who have been sitting idle waiting for you to give us the green light, we can do much better than your single mass vax sites. Rural Illinois is waiting to let us help them.

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@ScottKnoer @RPhDouglas Indy's are quite literally pot committed to this effort. Let's go ALL IN!

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@GovPritzker Independent Pharmacies are sitting on the bench willing and ready to vaccinate the state. Instead of letting us do our jobs the State put out an RFP and are dragging their feet.

Put us in Coach! We're ready to play!

https://t.co/E2NyQwoV7m

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@bigbenson40 Happy New Year Barret! Cooper says hi!

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[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@PAASNational @INPharmacists He gave a wonderful presentation to @ILPharmacists so Indiana should be excited about this one!

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@SecAzar @CDCgov @CDCDirector @SecAzar you would do well by not recommending @cvspharmacy and @Walgreens as the only named pharmacies that will be initially distributing COVID19 vaccine to LTC. Stop dismissing the very capable independent pharmacies waiting to serve our communities.
#indyrx

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@SeemaCMS @SecAzar you must reconsider this broken plan. The safety of our seniors demand you rely on vaccinators that honor the need for safety in the workplace. @cvspharmacy has only proven their goals are to be the most profitable sweat shop.

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@realDonaldTrump i hope your plan isn't relying on @LarryMerlo to remember the Oath of a Pharmacist he forgot about to vaccinate all these seniors since he can't part ways with the millions 💰 to give his Pharmacists some relief on the front lines

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

Trump Admin shuts the door on mom n pop pharmacies again. Haven't you read the articles? Those guys are too busy to take care of their own customers to get out of the store. Give em a break and include the Indy's that are ready and waiting!
https://t.co/AJm4J6cf30

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@LaurenDC5 @jvjvriley @arkpharm @jcsandusky @LibertarianRPh @ILPharmacists Thank you Lauren!

[ILPharmTalk @ILPharmTalk]

Special Edition of @ILPharmTalk covering this week's pivotal Rutledge v PCMA. We are honored to be joined by John Vinson, CEO of @arkpharm.#SCOTUSRx
#SoundCloud @ILPharmacists
@libertarianrph @BenCalcaterra
@jcsandusky
https://t.co/S8JwxjUBTn

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@AGRutledge Thank you for fighting for pharmacy, patients and our communities. A reversal means continued access to pharmacy in rural areas which translates into better health for all. Thank you for your fight!

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

@DHStanley2 It was over in an hour. Tough to discern. Some judges were overtly against us and some were in favor of our arguments. Not enough to go on yet unfortunately. But we presented a strong case!

[Ben Calcaterra @BenCalcaterra]

Live Rutledge v PCMA: Justice Soto asks if the administration of pharmacy benefits are so complicated is the reason there are so few PBMs.

No, it's because they have so much money from manipulating the system they've bought all their competition!