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Why do the big drug distributors seem to get a pass when it comes to healthcare cost dysfunction ?
The fact that pharmaceutical wholesalers buy at what is effectively retail price is the foundation of pharmacy pricing dysfunction
The only industry I know that buys at retail price.
As a result
1. Indy pharmacies pay more cash out of pocket then pray they get reimbursed a fair amount.
2. Patients pay this price, full retail, during their deductible phase and a percentage of this inflated number for coinsurance
3. PBMs make a killing because they charge employers, manufacturers and patients fees and apply rebates as a percentage of WAC.
4. You donโt want to look at how this works for specialty drugs. Itโs so profitable that these wholesalers are buying clinics to keep the business under their control.
5. This is the flu in the ointment in DTC. Pharm to table ? More like dollars to expensive middlemen charging a fortune that keeps the DTC prices higher than they need be. Fortunately some some manufacturers are realizing that consignment is a better supply chain model than what is currently happening
6. If brand manufacturers went completely to consignment for all brand and specialty drugs, the above might have to come to reality.
Or
If they went to all net pricing then:
Pharmacies would have more cash and less reimbursement risk.
Patients would pay far less during the deductible phase, and less in coinsurance and more
Spread pricing would be less of a problem
Etc.
Can someone explain to me why the big wholesalers get a pass when evaluating why healthcare costs are so horrific ?