Rogue Pharmacist

Roguely exposing the non-transparent, abusive,exploitive, notaddingvalueinthesystem businesses we know as PBMs who manage rx benefits for their bottom line

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

Wth?

[. @MarisaKabas]

Just got the bill for my surgery and hospital stay. How is this country real.

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

Lawmakers spiked pharmacy bills after DeSantis officials moved to debunk claims pushed by advocacy group | The Capitolist https://t.co/lJWvfevJS2

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

Wondered WTF was wrong in Floriduh......... and now we know. So what now?

[The Capitolist @TheCapitolist]

Lawmakers spiked pharmacy bills after DeSantis officials moved to debunk claims pushed by advocacy group https://t.co/V8LTBTeykc

[NYT Health @NYTHealth]

“Doctors are like soldiers,” Dr. Manisha Jadhav would say. “They can’t be unavailable.” Dr. Jadhav, 51, died of the coronavirus. https://t.co/EnFgEjMOwj

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Study findings do not support the use of ivermectin for treatment of mild #COVID19, although larger trials may be needed to understand effects on other clinically relevant outcomes https://t.co/MsROJrR192

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

@kelly_rdc PBMs

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

@silvergirl810 @chrissyfarr WTH?

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

@chrissyfarr Pharmacists have been very helpful here and have some programs (science based) and coaching and accountability along with some meal replacements to go with have changed lives and turned back diabetes etc

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

What a jerk! All stale pcma talking points. What did PBMs promise Clay county Republicans or their candidates? Wasn’t that termed out leg from there a #benefitsbroker? Hum....

[PUTTFla @puttfla]

Some "splainin" needs to happen to @ClayRepublicans as today's article in NE Florida has LAST YEAR's PCMA (PBM) talking points and get this........ called independent pharmacies "greedy".. Tell us how much steam is coming out of your ears on that #smallbizpharmacies

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

Roy Exum: Cigna: No White Men - https://t.co/IahI1dEMt5 https://t.co/3SPqWBQcxD

[Loretta Boesing @BoesingLoretta]

"The controller in Lehigh County, Pa., estimated the county could have saved $1.4 million in 2019 if local officials were aware of the extent of rebates that were pocketed by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, which hired Express Scripts to provide..."
https://t.co/uxGaniAVRj

[Adam J. Fein @DrugChannels]

Read this article from @RobertPearlMD : "How Health Insurance Became America’s Biggest Hustle" https://t.co/Rp64Tpg0LT @Forbes

A deeply cynical -- but largely accurate -- explanation of the con behind high-deductible health plans #HDHP

[Adam J. Fein @DrugChannels]

Today's fun #PBM / #Insurer vertical integration factoid: @AnthemInc $ANTM accounts for more than half of its in-house @Ingenio_Rx #PBM business

https://t.co/l69JULnuD3

Note that @CVSHealth $CVS provides claims processing and #prescription fulfillment services for IngenioRx

[Adam J. Fein @DrugChannels]

Intriguing via @WSJ : @cvspharmacy $CVS @Walgreens $WBA Look for Big Data Reward From #Covid19 Vaccinations https://t.co/JxQRxb9yJE

Per article: "Chains plan to use information they collect on vaccine recipients to promote stores, tailor marketing"

[Bloomberg @business]

Covid amplified inequality in 2020—by race as well as income, gender, occupation, and nationality https://t.co/aM3Pnpd51Y via @BW

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

@DrugChannels @GoodRx Our cash prices (without) goodrx or insurance is at that same amount - it’s incredible really

[Reuters Health @Reuters_Health]

China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team's investigators said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began.​ https://t.co/l1dpdxCAsK

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

@DrugChannels And that’s the BIGGEST money flow

[Rogue Pharmacist @RoguePharm]

@CMerandi @AmmahStarr @janbra1 Wow

[Loretta Boesing @BoesingLoretta]

In America, patients are forced to D-rated mail order pharmacies as the only option of coverage for life-saving medications.

#stopPBMabuse #insulin4all

Safe access to medications is as critical as affordability.

https://t.co/U1wM9JYJPs