For a moment, it looked like Congress would actually enact reforms of controversial pharmacy benefit managers after several years of introducing bills and holding hearings.
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This is the new normal. MAGAts have already threatened judges, assaulted a congressperson's spouse, tried to shoot Emperor Orange (yes, they were Republican), and stormed the Capitol. Why would they care about their CEO donors?
Silly us, for believing that they had any real intention of reining in PBMs. My 21yo nephew George w/ Type 1 diabetes, died in 2011 bc he couldnt afford the insulin he needed to live. The fight continues. Shame on them. 💙
Isn't backing and improving 'Obamacare' a more logical&honest step to improve the life for Americans who pay for health issues? After strictly rejecting it while slamming former President Obama, P.Elect's claim that reform's a major benefit is IRrelevant&DIShonest! Would be relevant with Obamacare!
“PBMs might be incentivized to push higher cost drugs since they can negotiate higher cost rebates on them”. This happens in every pharmacy, multiple times a day. PBMs will only cover much higher cost brand drugs when a much cheaper generic is available. Look up DAW 9
Of course it failed, we live in a corporate dystopia controlled by the dollar, not the people. The people can only vote on issues our overlords allow us to vote on. FOR NOW.
Medicare plans divide drugs into "tiers." The higher the tier, the bigger the copay. Since pharmaceutical companies are protected against generics for years (another issue), new drugs are put into the highest tier, making them unaffordable, with no generic alternative.
Pharmaceutical companies give doctors all sorts of gifts such as 5 star trips to expensive destinations when they prescribe their medicines to patients. Medicine is no longer about people but about money and power. We are given things we don't need because it is how money is made.
But if you really want to complain abt docs being bribed, focus on manufacturers of medical things (ortho/artificial joints, heart catheters, surgical robots) that do do those junkets you talk about & pay for no-show consultant jobs
It is the entire system which obviously does not stop with medication but with everything you mentioned. It's all about making money and doctors and hospitals help the manufacturers. People well being is the last on the list.
Pharmacy benefit managers are related parties that are owned by the insurance companies. The PBM charges the insurance company for the service of reviewing the meds but in essence they are paying themselves to get a higher reimbursement.
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SCOTUS IS NOT A CHURCH!! If they want to act as if it is, we FIGHT!
They want your children straight, white, armed and angry.
MAGA must Lie, Cheat and Steal! Abortion. Guns. Equality. End Christian nationalism!Maga is the CONFEDERACY!! https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
They take a big percentage of your healthcare $ and have been cutting the amount paid to pharmacies per prescription for years.
Even the chains are failing now.
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The result after decades of that exact thing:
Our health insurance is literally controlled by the narco state.
Congress passed a law that makes every such expenditure public, and it all pretty much stopped
https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
It has to be reported
The site I gave you lists ALL those “gifts”
You can believe what you want, but that’s the facts
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