Carson

UGA CoP ‘18. Small town pharmacist trying to make a world of difference. Never give up!!

[Jon Tweets Sports @jontweetssports]

Coaches in the CFP have to scheme against a guy who's so locked in that's he's dog-cussing assistant coaches on the mic at practice in December.

Sure, this is Kirby all the time... But the fire is a little hotter in Athens this year going into the CFP.

[David Pollack @davidpollack47]

It Just Means More

[Save Independent Pharmacy @BrandiChane]

Dear Mr President - @realDonaldTrump Remember this during your first administration? @DrOz don’t fall for their games when they come knocking at the door with their latest “proposal” The Big 3 PBMs cannot be trusted to police themselves and never forget what they did when you took the bold step to end the rebate game. @DonaldJTrumpJr

“PCMA Files Lawsuit Challenging Rebate Rule
January 12, 2021
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s rebate rule.”

[Carson @carsonray11]

@Coach_BeauJohn

[SEC Network @SECNetwork]

The Wishbone offense revolutionized college football 🤯

SEC Storied: Wishbone tonight at 7 PM ET 🎥

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

BREAKING: In a shocking moment, Rep. Riley destroys House Republicans for their assault on the middle class: "Don’t tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are doing is shitting on the middle class."

RT to tell everyone to #VoteHellNo!

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

CVS closing all 23 pharmacy locations in Arkansas

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law House Bill 1150, ENDING the conflict interest of pharmacy benefits managers owning pharmacies

PBMs are who set the insane prices

Instead of complying CVS is leaving. This is HUGE!

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Great article that explains the monopolistic PBM playbook. Decrease reimbursement, increase fees, vertically integrate, and ultimately choke out the competition. This is why independent pharmacies (and competition in general) are dying. Eventually we will only have 3 pharmacy options (Caremark, Optum, Express scripts) and we will all be at their mercy. PBM reform is desperately needed.

[InsuranceOligopoly @InsOligopoly]

Doctor of Pharmacy degree $250,000
Pharmacist license $400
@DEAHQ license $800
Store pharmacy license $500
@PioneerRx software $2000/month
Business/liability insurance $2500/mth

Preop diazepam 5mg #3
@AnthemBCBS and their PBM allows
$0.12
PBM pays zero. Total amount to patient as copay.
Twelve cents!

@elonmusk @SpeakerJohnson @AFergusonFTC @gailaslater
PBMs and the insurance monopoly are destroying community pharmacy

[Antonio Ciaccia @A_Ciaccia]

Sounds like Trump has some unfinished business on drugmaker rebates and PBMs

[Matt DeBary @MattDeBary]

Kirby: “Nobody believed in us. We came to eat”

[Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧 @RepAuchincloss]

Today, I introduced the Pharmacists Fight Back Act to crack down on the middlemen of drug pricing that are inflating drug costs for patients, self-dealing in violation of antitrust laws, and price-gouging community pharmacists.
https://t.co/uva0an9aJ8

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

The PBM hired by TriCare, is out there trying to kill independent pharmacies by asking them to do a deal that pays them less than cost and ZERO for the work to actually fill the prescription.

The Indy pharmacies are in a catch 22. They want to support all the service members in their communities, that put it on the line for our country.

But the PBM doesn’t care about those local pharmacies.

Here is an example.
Eliquis -     
Pharmacy cost: $576.57
PBM payment to Phamracy= $543.16
Pharmacy Net Loss = $33.41

It’s the same for ALL BRAND MEDs

If you want to see your local pharmacy able to support our service members and their families, without going out of business, please call your Senator and ask them to do something to change the PBM that the DOD works with.

Use a Pass Through PBM and save taxpayers billions and keep alive thousands of pharmacies

If you have examples of PBM greed killing Indy pharmacies and /or costing taxpayers money, tag me and I’ll repost it

[Real Doc Speaks @realdocspeaks]

Why is a government program hiring a PBM that underpays independent pharmacies? Time to get rid of predatory PBMs!

[t @yourtev]

I would pay unlimited money to watch them play 18 holes.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Ah yes by all means, let’s ban tiktok over a hypothetical security risk while ignoring the actual security breach dumpster fire burning down healthcare.

[Carson @carsonray11]

@PeakyBarners Can’t get any worse

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Once again, I am begging legislators to acknowledge the existence of PBMs and recognize the outsized role they play in setting prescription drug prices.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Advocate. Legislators have limited knowledge of the healthcare system, so we need to educate ourselves so we can educate others. PBMs have too much power in setting formularies. Get rid of DIR fees that are killing independent pharmacies. Rebate reform. So many things.