Sadie Mannino Bennett

PharmD, BCPS - Wife of @JohnBennettFOX8

[Congresswoman Kat Cammack @RepKatCammack]

I asked health insurance CEOs to raise their hands if they’re penalized when patients are harmed by delays or wrongful denials.

Not. One. Hand.

Patients pay the price. Executives protect the profits. That’s the problem.

[Emmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAcho]

I don’t know Brian Kelly, and I didn’t go to LSU, but I study the hell out of college football, so it’s time to unleash on the Brian Kelly firing!! 🤬

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

Coach Corso’s crystal ball 🔮

He’s rolling with LSU as his national champion 🐅

[Seth Lewis @SethLewisInc]

Hammond, America is represented in Omaha!!

@LionUpAthletics @LionUpBaseball

[Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association @LIPAPharmacy]

ICYMI: HB264 is headed to the governor's desk! The @LouisianaHouse voted 100-0 to concur with the Senate's amendments and 67(!!!) Reps. added their names as Co-Authors. See the video below for @MichaelEchols's closing floor speech on HB264... Couldn't have said it better ourselves.

"This bill for independent pharmacies, the ones that stayed open when the lights went out and the storms rolled in, when corporate machines tried to squeeze them out of existence. They've taken blow after blow from PBMs... They stood tall."

See the thread below for a comprehensive summary of HB264...
#PatientsOverProfit #HB264 #lalege

[Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association @LIPAPharmacy]

The FTC made it clear: PBM vertical integration limits patient choice and drives up costs at the pharmacy counter.

Patients should be able to choose their pharmacy — not be steered into mail-order or corporate chains.

It’s time to put patients first. Tell your legislators to support HB358 and HB264. #RxReformNow #Lalege #PatientsOverProfit

[Michael Echols @MichaelEchols]

HB 264 PASSES!
Louisiana lawmakers have unanimously approved House Bill 264, a major PBM reform requiring full transparency on rebates and ensuring savings go directly to patients or their employers. This marks a huge win for healthcare fairness and affordability! #PBMReform #LAleg

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 BRIGHAM BUHLER: 30% OF YOUR PRESCRIPTION COST IS A KICKBACK

"Everyone’s talking about the high price of Ozempic, but here’s the truth: about 30% of the cost of every prescription drug is a kickback to pharmacy benefit managers.

If Ozempic costs $1,000 a month, $300 is going to middlemen.

It’s a pay-to-play system."

Source: @lexfridman @ferrisbuhler81

[Rachel💋⭐️🌺 IS SEEING ARIANA @Midnightswme]

Me if Taylor repeats these outfits on the FINAL night of the Eras Tour

[J.P. Hovey @jhovey34]

Pat Mcafee is like Nick Saban’s grand kid that somehow convinces him to do things he would NEVER do if someone else asked him to.

Example 1: The Tiger Roar 😂😂

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

"I think this is the hardest place to play in college football because of the LSU fans."

Nick Saban knows a thing or two about the energy of a night game in Death Valley ⚡

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

“This is not my night its 12’s night”

Tom Brady night has brought the great Randy Moss to tears

[Barstool LSU @LSUBarstool]

The best tradition in college sports

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

The Masters is one of my favorite sporting events, and its 88-year history brings some great traditions.

Here's a running list of the most interesting facts:

1. Media tickets (badges) have RFID tags inside them so the club knows where each person is at all times.

2. Even players who miss the cut at the Masters still walk away with a $10,000 check.

3. A 5-bedroom home near Augusta will rent for $30,000+ during Masters week, and brands often pay six figures for larger homes where they can host events.

4. The IRS has a special exemption in the tax code called the "Augusta Rule," allowing homeowners to rent out their homes for 14 days per year without paying taxes on the income.

This rule was initially implemented for Augusta residents only but is now available to everyone in the United States.

5. The Masters will do $70 million in merchandise sales this week.

That's...
• $10 million per day
• $1 million per hour
• $16,000 per minute
• $277 per second

The merchandise is so popular because you can only buy it at Augusta (aka no online sales).

6. In 1931, Augusta National was purchased for $70,000— or an inflation-adjusted $1.4 million. However, the property is now valued at over $200 million.

7. Augusta National has quietly been expanding over the years, spending more than $200 million (through an array of LLCs) to buy 100+ properties.

Augusta has purchased strip malls, restaurants, apartment complexes, and homes, adding 270+ acres to the property and often paying 3-4x their value.

8. Augusta National is debuting "Map & Flag" at this year's tournament. The premium hospitality offering isn't even on the property — it was built in a strip mall down the street that Augusta acquired for $26 million in 2020 — yet they were able to charge $17,000 per ticket (+ week-long badges) and have completely sold out.

9. The concession stand food is wrapped in green packaging, so it can't be seen on TV if someone litters.

10. Someone once found a green jacket in a Canadian thrift store. They purchased the jacket for $5, and it later sold at auction for $140,000.

11. Magnolia Lane is exactly 330 yards long, with 61 trees on each side.

12. Augusta's clubhouse has a wine cellar with 30+ pages of the world's most exclusive wines.

13. Previous Masters champions gather every year for dinner on the Tuesday before the tournament. The previous year's winner gets to pick the menu, but he must also pay for the meal.

14. The Masters leaves millions on the table by giving away the broadcasting rights to ESPN and CBS for free.

They do this to maintain complete control, handpicking advertisers, eliminating on-course signage, and only playing 3 to 4 minutes of commercials each hour.

15. Unlike most golf clubs, which are registered as non-profits, Augusta National is a for-profit corporation.

This requires them to pay more taxes, but they do it anyway because it means they don't have to share their member list, income, holdings, or expansion plans.

16. More than 1,500 private jets will land in Augusta this week, paying about $3,000 in landing and parking fees.

17. Augusta has SubAir Systems under each green. This enables them to keep the greens consistent, sucking up water when it rains and adding moisture when it's hot.

Also, when someone slipped a few years back, Augusta added SubAir systems under all the walkways.

18. Dwight D. Eisenhower is the only U.S. President to become a member at Augusta National. He never actually attended the Masters, but Eisenhower made 29 trips to the property, playing 210 rounds of golf, during his eight-year term as President.

Even crazier, Augusta worked with the Secret Service to build him a safe place to stay, called Eisenhower Cabin, which is still used on the property today.

That's it for today! Enjoy the tournament, and if you learned something from this post, follow me for more sports business content.

[LSU Football @LSUfootball]

It Never Gets Old

Kicking off 100 years of Tiger Stadium

[Flaujae 4️⃣ @Flaujae]

We will be back, I will be better.
Thank you all for the love 🐯 thank you Jesus

[Zack Nagy @znagy20]

Washington Post… LA Times… Kim Mulkey isn’t letting it weigh #LSU down.

The Tigers are Elite Eight bound and the “Villains Down South” continue their quest at back-to-back titles.

[Adam Bruggeman, MD @DrBruggeman]

The cost to American taxpayers? Over $80B ANNUALLY. We can’t keep propping up insurers while cutting pay to physicians annually. Take the money from the hands of insurers and put it in the hands of the doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and counselors on the front line doing the actual work. It’s time for real reform… one that increases pay annually with the cost of medical inflation. Why do we keep cutting doctors while increasing the pay to bad actors like some of these insurance companies? Medicare advantage got a pay bump this year. Physicians got cut. Enough is enough

[Stefan Smith @TheStefanSmith]

The Princess of Wales is missing and the spare Prince is in exile and the King is treating his cancer with herbs. If this were the 1300s France would be looking to invade.

[Ryan Rosenblatt, Back to Back World Series Champ @RyanRosenblatt]

The best part of getting old is becoming the target demographic for the Super Bowl halftime show