Duane Galligher

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[Duane Galligher @galligher]

And defenders of the PBMs argue that they support free markets! In what other market are you required to give months of advance notice in order to lower prices for customers?

[David Balat @DavidBalatHC]

Based on the nature of this letter from @Optum to pharma manufacturers, you get the sense that maybe PBM middlemen do have a part in keeping prices high for drugs. Following the money tells the story. @TPPF @RightOnHC @physvrxshortage @IndDrs @IP4PI https://t.co/MtainuTWmE

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@ForestParkPharm @redlgb1969 @TXpharmAssn Thanks to @SenBryanHughes and @ColeHefnerTX for authoring and passing this important win for pharmacies in Texas.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@ForestParkPharm @redlgb1969 @forestparkpharm @TXpharmAssn led the fight to pass SB 1236 in Texas, which limits the PBMs to recoup only the dispensing fee (usually $1 or less) if there’s an administrative or clerical error like this.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@Truth_in_Number @C__Herridge I hope the grifters are getting sufficient clicks to sleep well knowing they’re peddling nonsense.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@C__Herridge You guys realize this is utter nonsense, right?

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@Jeffery1313 @ForestParkPharm Nice to find a PCMA burner account.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@SenBryanHughes Thank you, Senator. We appreciate your work and appreciate @TexasTDI noting our concerns that PBMs continue to bundle multiple different networks under a single contract in apparent violation of the bill you authored. We appreciate your support of community pharmacy!

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@Truth_in_Number @CarlosRivasMD I honestly thought that guy was a parody account.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@TomOliverson I couldn’t agree with this more. @TomOliverson has enacted meaningful PBM reform that the carriers fought (and lost) under the guise of ERISA pre-emption. States are ready to act.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@AmOptimistShow @JTLonsdale @andrewrsorkin Counterpoint: thalidomide. https://t.co/jtgh2MIMU0

[Dustin Gouker @DustinGouker]

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call this the greatest piece of prediction market content created to date.

[Prairie Putz @putzisbackbaby]

Gen X trained for this…

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@marc_palasciano This is pretty offensively racist, and given wheat Italian-Americans experienced 100 years ago, maybe read a history book and stay of social media in hopes of becoming a better person.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@darreldrowland @redlgb1969 This link is dead, and I can’t find the report. Does anyone have a working link?

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

IF ONLY a method to remove potentially deadly bacteria from raw milk had been invented!!

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@mcuban Reminds me of what Vanderbilt did with railroads. It wasn’t enough to just have a dominant market position. He actively used that power to ensure innovative companies couldn’t possibly try to compete, which eventually led to antitrust laws to break up monopolies.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

“ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCAM IN HEALTHCARE”—affecting 90% of patients—CVS, UnitedHealth, Cigna created shell companies to skim patient rebates and and hide rebate payments received from drugmakers. You are paying these middlemen’s middlemen. People have died.

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@CarterHighRPh @PAASNational @Humana @OptumRx File complaints with TDI!

[Duane Galligher @galligher]

@ayden_oredson That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

When I was a pediatric resident in Boston @MassGenBrigham 1987-89 I admitted a child monthly with Hib meningitis. It was devastating, caused permanent neurological injury or death, it destroyed families. Then the Hib vaccine became available and the disease mostly disappeared