Congress is pushing to break up the nation's biggest insurance monopolies after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder last week. A pair of bipartisan bills seek to force insurers and other healthcare companies to sell off their so-called "pharmacy benefit managers" or PBMs. - ThreadSky

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unusualwhales.bsky.social • 164 days ago

Congress is pushing to break up the nation's biggest insurance monopolies after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder last week.

A pair of bipartisan bills seek to force insurers and other healthcare companies to sell off their so-called "pharmacy benefit managers" or PBMs.

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raythelion.bsky.social•164 days ago

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randyrandlemann.bsky.social•163 days ago

Man , imagine what we could get if we just ************************************

velvetmead.bsky.social•163 days ago

Follow Mark Cuban for more info on PBMs

dcarts.bsky.social•164 days ago

Nothing quite like not understanding the relationship at all.

jeromyo.bsky.social•164 days ago

The Lobby will be posthumously fiercer than usual (sigh)

cafiend.bsky.social•164 days ago

Private insurance companies need to be purged completely from health care financing. We’re way overdue for an actual system of universal health care based on patient outcomes rather than corporate income.