Congress gives PBMs another escape hatch, as fundamental reforms to the way we pay for medicines and the incentives that often work against drug affordability yet again get swallowed into the abyss of DC politics. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/19/a... - ThreadSky

aciaccia.bsky.social • 64 days ago

Congress gives PBMs another escape hatch, as fundamental reforms to the way we pay for medicines and the incentives that often work against drug affordability yet again get swallowed into the abyss of DC politics. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/19/as-trump-tanks-spending-deal-pharmacists-bemoan-possible-loss-of-middleman-reforms/

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jettlynnlato.bsky.social•63 days ago

Congress is absolutely worthless.

vdmzz.bsky.social•62 days ago

Congress, left and right, have been receiving substantiation amount of lobby dollars from PBMs. They are just serving their “donors”

superamerickson.bsky.social•64 days ago

My local news did a really good story on PBMs: https://youtu.be/TA1T3dbkquM?si=jUI-7218ejLvrFqJ

summitleon.bsky.social•62 days ago

ExpressScripts delivers but cost our blind founder 4weeks of a vital Rx as they had some arbitrary form they sent to the wrong provider. Scary and infuriating!

sullivan28.bsky.social•62 days ago

I hadn't heard of PBMs until i watched a YouTube vid by More Perfect Union about how bad CVS is. I find it mind blowing that there are no antitrust laws preventing pharmacies from owning PBMs.

evolvegracefully.bsky.social•62 days ago

@mcuban.bsky.social
Mark, have you noticed how many times Trump suddenly quotes things about “PBM”
… I guess he must listen to you once in a while!

onemoremile.bsky.social•62 days ago

The first PBMs were established in the Twin Cities, so it stands to reason that local media should have some expertise.

vertigo55.bsky.social•62 days ago

Bemoan. Of course, they lost their cut. For the moment

sharinky.bsky.social•62 days ago

I see how Musk and GOP packaged this as a win to the little people because they were able to remove pages of legislation. Quite the victory, I am sure the lobbyist are laughing all the way to the bank.

eau-de-mask.bsky.social•62 days ago

Pro-Nazi,Pro-Apartheid billionaire getting free money from wall street and want to control USA and beyond.

libtardsnightmare.bsky.social•62 days ago

Suck a fat bag of dicks Mark.

fauxpol.bsky.social•64 days ago

I wonder how much money the PBMs had to give New pay to play government?

0-dererumnatura.bsky.social•62 days ago

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/10/ftc-pharmacy-insulin-drug-00167342

So is the oligarchy undoing the amazing strides Lina Khan just made as chairman of the FTCs to get many expensive old prescription prices (eg. insulin & inhalers) down to where they were legally supposed to be? Lina Khan also got rid of NDAs. She cleans the swamp.

misanthropiclemon.bsky.social•62 days ago

Elon really is human scum, and his pathetic fanbase are almost as bad.

wanderdogs.bsky.social•62 days ago

Have they seen the news about a CEO being murdered? And they (GOP) took no steps to improve health care.

How furious do we have to get?

skeetownhobbit.bsky.social•62 days ago

We're not furious enough. Remember when everyone though Luigi was the start of something bigger? That died out, predictably.

martyn82.bsky.social•62 days ago

idlebandwidth.bsky.social•63 days ago

why do you write "Congress", when it's a certain element in Congress. It's not some monolith. Say it: Republicans, and a strong majority of Ohioans voted for them.

cherylprice.bsky.social•62 days ago

In France my monthly drugs without insurance is $180. In the US, it was $3300 a month. With insurance in the US it was $350. The US has the worst drug prices in the world. If the French could learn how to deliver packages, it would be nirvana.

vdmzz.bsky.social•62 days ago

US Politicians are expensive…

rompejess.bsky.social•62 days ago

This is the definition of an oligarchy. It was already creeping up due to our lobbyist system in this country, but now it's blatant. Jimmy Carter was right.

skeetownhobbit.bsky.social•62 days ago

Where's the next Luigi when we need them?

leoobannon.bsky.social•62 days ago

Republicans in Congress.

prostgobills.bsky.social•63 days ago

"Greedy swine vote to maintain control over feed supply. News @ 11!"

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