Texas Dad |Founder at American Garage Inc | Advocates for 21-min daily walks | Into AI, Cognitive Tech, Spec driven | Covering Health, US Institutions & Policy
Yes, the whole "China's coming, so protect the frontier labs" line is just a smoke screen for something much smaller.
The model layer itself is not the economy of AI. It's only a slice.
If you can reduce the cost of running these models by 10X or 100X, that’s actually rocket fuel for the rest of us down the line.
So the very thing the labs fear, price drops, could enlarge the entire pie.
Cigna’s Express Scripts Pressured Over TRICARE Contract in Senate Hearing, by @wendellpotter https://t.co/VhLdTZGTLo I have been following the PBM industry since 2023 and it is abuntantly clear that that it is a conflict of interest for PBMs to:
• Develop the Formulary
• Be owned by the insurance company
• Determine how much independent pharmacies
are paid and be able to claw money back
• Own its own "specialty" and mail order pharmacies
It makes no sense that a middleman determines the price and which drugs a patient receives.
Congress needs to pass the Break Up Big Medicine Act and stop using vertically integrated PBMs for military and for all federal contracts.
The Federal Government should insist on discounts instead of rebates.
Our military deserves better!
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