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Restasis for dry eyes; cheap, effective generic.
Who wants to save the patient and Medicare and taxpayer money?
Not @OptumRx @Optum
Not @cms @MedicareGov @HHSGov @DrOzCMS @SecKennedy
Explain this @ExpressScripts @Evernorth
Entresto brand, no generic, copay $40 Jan-July.
Entresto GENERIC put on ESI formulary in Aug.
Now ESI charges $588 for brand and $70 for generic.
#howpbmswork
This is the crap pharmacists are talking about.
@pcmanet @POTUS @DrOzCMS @SecKennedy
Prevention saves lives and money. Shame on CVS Health - the nation's largest Pharmacy Benefit Manager - for refusing to cover a twice-yearly HIV prevention drug. #HowPBMsWork
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In a detailed 105-page opinion, Chief U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg concluded that Caremark’s manipulative pricing structures led CMS to “over-subsidize drug costs”, defrauding taxpayers in the process. #HowPBMsWork
#howpbmswork @Humana @OutcomesOne
Humana requiring I dispense a 100 day supply of Jardiance.
They come in 30ct (30 day) bottles @ $616 cost for one bottle.
We get paid $35 below the acq cost each 30 days.
So Humana wants to me to dispense 100 days,
lose $116 total, then the open bottle dies on the shelf for another $205 loss.
Total loss $321 to dispense a 100d supply.
Thanks @Humana!
PBMs aren't out to put small pharmacies out of business, yeah right 🙄
It's time to hold healthcare Middlemen accountable and ensure the 340B program serves those it was meant to help—underserved communities.
#ProtectIndependentPharmacies
#HowPBMsWork
UnitedHealth Group shares plunge 13% on report of DOJ probe into possible Medicare fraud
#txlege
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Americans are paying too much for prescription drugs. The @nytimes reports on a "collection of powerful forces that often escape attention" who are "driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the government." #Middlemen #HowPBMsWork
"PBMs control virtually every aspect of prescription drug access and affordability...Research shows that consumers’ out-of-pocket costs for medications rose nearly 6% per year between 2016 and 2020, while negotiated rates remained flat." #HowPBMsWork
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Question for stakeholders:
@CVSHealth $CVS owner of PBM CareMark,
PBM used by @CarelonRx that adjudicated pharmacy claims for plan @Amerigroup
At what wholesaler, on planet Earth can an EpiPen Jr. be acquired for below $99.49? No, actually $87.99, since $11.50 was dispensing fee.
With an AWP of $592.81, I bet the plan, and CarelonRx and the PBM made some sweet spread when only paying pharmacy doing the work of buying the medication, storing the medication, dispensing the medication, counseling the patient how to use, maintaining records for insurance audit, and accepting liability of dispensing; <$100
@mcuban @AFergusonFTC @Commpharmacy @HHSGov @OIGatHHS @mrddmia @DonaldJTrumpJr @DOGE_FTC @RepAuchincloss @RepMikeCollins @RepJamesComer @LeaderJohnThune
💊 Why are prescription drug prices so high? The FTC’s report digs into how middlemen—Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)—may be driving up costs and limiting access to vital medications. 💵📈 #HowPBMsWork #pbm #healthcare
Centene Corporation, a leading Medicaid managed-care provider, has faced allegations from multiple states regarding overcharging Medicaid programs through its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) operations. #HowPBMsWork
Centene Corporation, a leading Medicaid managed-care provider, has faced allegations from multiple states regarding overcharging Medicaid programs through its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) operations. #HowPBMsWork
The @FTC reports that health insurance company middlemen—PBMs—inflated drug prices for cancer and HIV by as much as 1,000%. #PBMs have been overcharging for prescription medicine for years. #HowPBMsWork
The @FTC reviewed 46 specialty generic drugs (e.g., cancer, HIV, and MS) dispensed by PBM-affiliated pharmacies and found markups as high as 1,000%. #HowPBMsWork https://t.co/AF5ypdkCD9
🚨🚨 A new @FTC report finds #PBMs charge significant markups for cancer, HIV, and other critical specialty generic drugs
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UnitedHealth Group and the other two health giants got around 12% of their total profits in 2021 by overcharging patients and employers for pharmaceuticals, according to the Federal Trade Commission. https://t.co/N6czyi6DKs
"The fallout from monopolistic practices by PBMs poses a grave threat to the health and livelihoods of millions of consumers." #HowPBMsWork
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You don't have to be Milt Friedman to understand that #PBMs are not using their economies of scale to bring down drug prices. In fact, it's the opposite, thanks to vertical integration and self-dealing. #BigMiddleManager #HowPBMsWork
Health insurance companies own the Pharmacy Benefit Managers (the Middlemen). It's self-integrated. They pay themselves rebates that should go to consumers. #HowPBMsWork
“We’re going to knock out the middleman,” Trump told reporters in a press conference on Monday. He noted that “the horrible middleman…makes more money frankly than the drug companies, and they don’t do anything except they’re a middleman.” #HowPBMsWork
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