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In support of the
#cvswalkout
#pharmacists
we thought a delivery might help
#CVS
corp deal with the stress
Due to below cost reimbursements & GER requirements,
#FrozenPizza
seemed most appropriate
#pizzaisnotworking
#cvsstrike
#pharmacy
#patientsafety
@BledTanoe
@ShotsWithThat
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CVS CPO: “I apologize to our pharmacy teams that we haven’t addressed these concerns in the region more quickly"
In the REGION? Hey
#CVS
& All other Corp. Chains, this is a problem in the NATION
#pizzaisnotworking
#cvsstrike
@ShotsWithThat
#patientsafety
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This is how you stand up to PBM self-dealing and patient steering. Way to go Burleson Medical Clinic! We applaud you!!
#Middlemen
#StampOutRxMailOrder
@AGRutledge
@jasonrapert
@kimdhammer
@AsaHutchinson
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PUTT fully supports the
@FTC
and
@linakhanFTC
's mission to eradicate
#PBM
anticompetitive practices in the
#healthcare
marketplace.
#PBMreformNOW
#BreakTheWheel
@JusticeATR
@VP
@SenateDems
@SenateGOP
@HouseGOP
@HouseDemocrats
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#Kentucky
State Senator
@maxwellwise
unveiled his bill SB50 today that would remove
#PBMs
from the state's
#Medicare
program!
#PBMreform
#2020isTHEyear
@KyPharmAssoc
@Commpharmacy
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Talk about taking action!
This Arkansas
#pharmacy
owner filed a lawsuit against multiple
#PBMs
and PCMA for "blatantly & knowingly reimbursing prescriptions below cost" 👏👏
#TwitteRx
#StopPBMabuse
#GoGetEm
!
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Great explanation of the real cause of rising drug prices….kudos
@MorePerfectUS
!
THREAD: There is a massive, totally legal bribery scheme driving up drug prices in America.
And pharmacy benefit managers—shady middlemen you’ve probably never heard of—are right at the center.
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Bravo,
#Georgia
! Today
@GovKemp
signed the nation's 1st law Banning
#PBM
owned
#pharmacies
from
#patient
steering!!
#BehindTheRXCurtain
#WinningWednesday
@Commpharmacy
@newswireGA
@SecAzar
#RegulatePBMs
#SupportCommunityPharmacy
#FixRx
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“In 2020, PBMs lined their pockets with $9,535,197,775 stolen from community pharmacies’ cash drawers.”
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“Dear Public, There is NOT a Shortage of Pharmacists & Technicians,” one protester displayed on a sign... “There is a shortage of pharmacy employees willing to work in conditions which put their lives and your life in danger!!”
#OperationSpotlight
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David Balto, former policy director of the FTC, noted "CVS is moving toward a restricted market approach that would only be attractive in the Soviet Union. You have many choices, as long as they’re CVS."
Well Said, Mr. Balto!
#TwitteRx
@Fight4Rx_org
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Dear people who pay for healthcare services (including you, US Government): how much more red can this flag get? 73% of healthcare costs go to non-providers!!
@CitizenHealthio
#Overcharged
#PBMReform
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PUTT Board President
@keavenyrx
is quoted saying "Let us compete on our merits & on our service. On a level playing field, if I get to compete on service & taking care of my
#patients
, I'll beat them everyday. That’s all we’re asking for - the opportunity”
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Showed Senate Staffer proof CVS pays itself (through Caremark) 5x more than they pay indis. Response: how do you guys stay in business????????
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Way To Go,
#Georgia
!
@GovKemp
signed fantastic legislation into law today cracking down on
#PBMs
w/$$Penalties for patient steering, prohibiting
#pharmacy
reimbursements based on patient outcomes, & tackling public availability of Rx pricing!
@gphabuzz
#PBMreform
@Commpharmacy
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Tomorrow, Friday, April 5th, the hearing determining the outcome of the CVS/Aetna merger will take place. Retweet if you want to see Judge Leon undo the merger to show them the mistake of jumping the gun and are already showing why this merger should have never started.
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So local
#pharmacies
exercise their right to object to a contract & when
#legislators
Agree & veto it
@CVSHealth
lashes out publicly like a petulant child.
Seriously giant multi-billion$$ corporation? Show some class.
#TwitteRx
@LIPAPharmacyNow
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Why is my insulin so much? Where does that $432 go? To a middleman who keeps most of it for themselves.
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Dear ESI:
We respectfully submit the following recommendations, which are organized around the business of pharmacy.
(Because no
#pharmacy
can provide quality
#patientcare
if it cannot generate sufficient revenue to conduct daily operations)
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"Get PBMs out of the formulary construction business altogether and make formulary construction a non-profit business where efficacy, safety, and lowest price determine placement"
@MattieRheumMD
We wholeheartedly agree!!
#pbms
#pbcs
#pbmreform
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"Rebates & fees received by PBMs account for 42% of every dollar spent on brand medicines in the commercial market."
That says a lot about the problem!
#GreedyPBMs
#PBMreform
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We tried to publish this on 3/12. Some newswires would not release it because it "could be harmful to UHG".
There's now 6 lawsuits against Change/UHG b/c of handling of the cyberattack. Anything "harmful" UHG has done to itself.
@thelever
@matthewstoller
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According to ESI's contract, they are not obligated to reimburse the
#pharmacy
the cost of the Rx unless the law forces them to do so🤔
@linakhanFTC
@SenateGOP
@SenateDems
@HouseGOP
@HouseDemocrats
@POTUS
@VP
: Does THIS👇 clarify why Federal
#PBMreform
Must Happen NOW?
This is an actual sentence from an Express Scripts Pharmacy Contract😂
“this language shall not be construed as an obligation on ESI to reimburse Provider at its actual individual acquisition cost, unless otherwise required by applicable law.”
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Overall Translation of PCMA's statement on the H.R.5378 House Vote:
"Wahhhhh! We don't wanna operate with integrity & be transparent!" *drops to floor in temper tantrum*
#PBMreform
#healthcare
#legislation
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REMINDER: 95% of all Rx claims in the US are handled by 3
#PBMs
alone! 5 of the 6 largest PBMs have vertically integrated insurers, specialty
#pharmacies
, and
#healthcare
providers. This is a crisis that needs to be addressed NOW!
#TwitteRx
#PBMReform
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This is spread pricing on a state
#medicaidmco
plan. CVS got a ridiculous
#spreadprice
($) as the middleman AND forced the indy
#smallbiz
Pharm to lose $. Wow - brilliant!
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#ThoughtForTheDay
Ever wonder what would happen with
#PBMreform
if EVERY
#pharmacy
cc'd their legislator's office whenever they replied to a
#PBM
email?🤔
#GetLOUD
#PBMreformNOW
#independentpharmacy
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10/24/22: ESI will cut 15K independent pharmacies from
@TriCare
then force veterans & active military to ESI-owned pharmacies and mail-order.
How does the creation of
#pharmacy
deserts help those who proudly defend our country?
#independentpharmacycares
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We could listen to 👑
@linakhanFTC
talk about taking on PBMs all day. Thank you for listening & taking action!
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All 👀 on GA as Greg_Reybold proves yet again that when PBMs are allowed to dictate what they pay competitors for identical services, plans pay the price. Between 65-2,367% higher price to be exact. 🤯 this is how pharmacy deserts are made, so let’s stop them before more occur!
Speaking of independent pharmacies dissappearing, checkout payment disparities in Ga. state plan.
@mcuban
@3AxisAdvisors
@costplusdrugs
@_APCI
@GeorgiaPharmacy
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Bravo
#Minnesota
! Dropping the hammer on CVS anticompetitive practices 👏👏👏
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
@AGEllison
Commerce fines CVS Caremark $500,000 after 2022 case alleging violations of Pharmacy Benefit Manager Act
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#PBMreform
Advocacy in Action!
Thank you to Congresspeople
@RepHarshbarger
&
@RepAuchincloss
for meeting with PUTT at the
@APRxNews
D.C. Fly In today!
38 meetings with lawmakers scheduled for tomorrow - look out
#PBMs
!
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#Middlemen
make A LOT of money via bogus audit penalties. It's hard to explain, so we drew a picture instead
@truthrxillinois
@Commpharmacy
@NY_Pharmacists
@FixRx
@LIPAPharmacyNow
@StatePharmacy
@ILPharmacists
@arkpharm
@gphabuzz
@CAPharm
@JDRF
@AAPSonline
@AmDiabetesAssn
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#CVS
: "unwilling to meet prices agreed to by all other independent, retail& grocery store pharmacies, driving up costs& making
#healthcare
unsustainable"
so NY is REMOVING CVS from the ntwrk.
Imagine what could happen if ALL states did the same
#TwitteRx
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This week PUTT co-authored & submitted a series of
#PBM
reform measures to the White House. Among the recommendations were elimination of DIR, Safe Harbor, &
#patient
"delay tactics"; & implementation of AWP laws.
#TwitteRx
@NY_Pharmacists
@Fight4Rx_org
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Seriously?!
Dear
@linakhanFTC
, Please explain how this👇 (on top of All The Other Documented Abusive Should-Be-Illegal Practices that
#PBMs
employ) is a fair & reasonable business practice in any way?!
#PBMreform
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Let's get this straight. The multibillion$$ exec who leads the
#PBM
greedmonger lobby says that
#pharmacists
are making bank, but statistics show that independent pharmacies are going under due to PBM business tactics every day?!
#LiesLiesLies
@Commpharmacy
@RoguePharm
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CA Court of Appeals Calls OptumRx's Forced Arbitration Contract Clause “Unconscionable”
"This is a huge win for indy pharmacies seeking to vindicate their rights against the
#PBMs
who have been abusing them for so long”
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
@ReutersLegal
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Our detailed flowchart of how
#PBMs
like
#CVS
Caremark
#OptumRx
&
#ExpressScripts
continue to get govt contracts- despite fraudulent activity & a definitive lack of
#PatientCare
.
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
#healthcare
@RepBuddyCarter
@RepJamesComer
@ChuckGrassley
@SenatorCantwell
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It was just reported CVS saw a 36.5% boost in net income Q3 "boosted by higher prices for brand name drugs." Indy
#pharmacies
are dying from
#DIRfees
,
#patients
are suffering from rising
#Rxcosts
- isn't that the definition of
#healthcare
#Evil
?!
@DOJPH
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1 yr ago we released this cartoon after Gov Cuomo issued a 99th-hour veto on
#PBMreform
. Sadly, it's STILL TRUE, just w/ a different NY Governor doing the talking.😠
@GovKathyHochul
should be ashamed!
#NewYork
pharmacies & their
#patients
deserve better!
#TwitteRx
@NY_Pharmacists
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Is it still considered a “benefit” to a patient if PBMs are jeopardizing patient safety?
Pharmacy benefit managers have cut reimbursements so that pharmacies routinely lose money on the medicine they dispense to patients–and that has safety implications for us. Watch this, and learn more here:
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BREAKING NEWS:
#Optum
loses again. Alameda County Court (CA) decisively DENIES Optum's Motion to Compel Arbitration - the 3rd time in a month an Optum MTD has been denied. Great work
@MarkCuker
, keep fighting for your rights
#IndependentPharmacy
!!
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"I have more [profit] selling one candle than I do when dispensing four prescriptions"
FYI giant corporate chains: scented candles don't actually qualify as
#PatientCare
, which (in case you forgot) is the main reason
#pharmacy
exists
#pbmreform
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Bravo to PUTT Board member Teresa Dickinson for publicly calling out
#pbms
for what they really are:
"..they are the mafia of
#healthcare
"
#PBMreform
#independentpharmacy
@NBCNewsHealth
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💥BOOM💥
Senate Bill 444 requires pharmacies be reimbursed minimally AT acquisition cost.
WAY TO GO LOUISIANA!!!!!
#GetLOUD
#PBMreform
🚨 Big news!🚨 Major Win for Independent Pharmacies in Louisiana:
Senate Bill 444 passed the House of Representatives yesterday evening with overwhelming bipartisan support. Our member's focused advocacy efforts over the last few years made this possible! 🙌
#LaLege
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THIS MAN!
@RepDougCollins
- what a guy! The
#pbmafia
HATES him as he knows what is really going on and is bringing it to the attention of Congress
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The Supreme Court is taking on
#Arkansas
' Rutledge v PCMA!
#PBMreform
#BehindTheRxCurtain
#2020isTHEyear
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The millions of patients & hundreds of independent pharmacies thank you for supporting the fight against PBMs. Our members are always willing to get loud for PBM reform!
PBMs have an undue influence on our state’s health care systems - they can drive up costs and reduce access. I’m glad to see our legislators keep the pressure on these middlemen and fight for equity. It’s time to take them to task.
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"I just talked to an independent pharmacist facing $200,000 in fines that's going to put them out of business. Another spoke publicly about how they're fined if a patient doesn’t pick up their medications w/in 30 days."~
@mcuban
We Can Fix This
#PBMreform
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They are aware that "the independent pharmacy lobby" is the physical lobby in local mom & pop drugstores?
Too scared of the little guy to own your stuff & speak the truth,
@pcmanet
?
#TwitteRx
#PBMlies
#PatientsDeserveBetter
@aip_texas
@TXpharmAssn
@pharmacists
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This is MAJOR!
@SenatorTester
introduced a new bill to ban DIR fees! Aimed at reducing drug costs for seniors, he redefines a drug’s “negotiated price” and requires PBMs to report any concessions or incentives they apply. Read More Here 👇
#TwitteRx
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APRIL 27th IS THE DAY! The US Supreme Court has scheduled Rutledge v PCMA to be heard on 4/27/2020!
(
@pcmanet
you DO know that perjury is a felony .. right?)
#2020isTHEyear
@AGRutledge
#PBMreform
#FixRx
#BehindTheRxCurtain
@Commpharmacy
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@BrandiChane
@GOPoversight
@FTC
@HokiePharmacist
@BoesingLoretta
@RonWyden
To avoid propaganda confusion, we found a corrected version of PCMA's graphic👇
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Former VP for network relations at OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth, comes clean about
#PBM
creation of the clawback and remarks how PBMs continue to get away with this practice Regardless of State Legalities.
#StopPBMAbuse
#TwitteRx
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#putt
challenge!!! All Pharm owners call at least 2 other Pharm owners and tel them they need to be on twitter. DM us to how to help them get up to speed! We need numbers which we have -lets get the facts out there on
#rxpricing
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A picture really IS worth a thousand words...
@SenSchumer
@POTUS
@SpeakerMcCarthy
@BrooksLaSureCMS
@linakhanFTC
@SecBecerra
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
@Commpharmacy
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In battling the spread of
#COVID19
local
#pharmacies
are frontline soldiers for their
#patients
.
#PBMs
like CVSCaremark who are actively attempting to run them out of business during this crisis Must Be Stopped!
@SecAzar
@SeemaCMS
@realDonaldTrump
@VP
#BehindTheRxCurtain
In the words on Obi One “u will never find a more wretched hive of scum & villainy” it’s appalling what
@CVSHealthPBM
is doing to indys while this pandemic is going on. Stealing our patients, & dropping our reimbursement even lower while we can barely survive.
@SecAzar
@SeemaCMS
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Patient advocate
@BoesingLoretta
on mail order Rx temperature safety and forced Rx mail order: “Sadly most politicians don’t realize this is a problem”
#PUTTSummit
@FDAPatientinfo
@HHSGov
@puttfla
@truthrxillinois
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Bravo
@SenWarren
for putting into an amendment what independent pharmacies have been shouting for decades!
#GetItDone
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
Finally a real proposal on PBMs! Senator Elizabeth Warren's amendment would ban pharmacies from owning PBMs. Would be a break-up of CVS, Cigna, UnitedHealthGroup, and would end rancid conflicts of interest in the industry. 🔥🔥🔥
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Imagine if every
#pharmacy
got refunded for every
#prescriptiondrug
ripped off by insurance & their
#PBMs
🤔
Imagine if the FTC got refunds for everyone ripped off by insurance and PBMs.
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The former CEO of the
#PBM
Express Scripts lied to make more money?
(well of course he did🤦)
#DUH
Walgreens execs hid poor pharmacy numbers: shareholder lawsuit |
@modrnhealthcr
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👇One of the MANY reasons why your local
#independentpharmacy
is a better, safer choice for
#patients
.
When it comes to publicly traded, giant big box corporations shareholder dividends are Always put before
#PatientCare
& Safety!
#PatientsBeforeProfits
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For a country that claims to be built on the backbones of
#smallbusiness
👇 is beyond abysmal.
@USChamber
are you so blinded by big
#healthcare
cartel$ that you don't see what you're doing to millions of
#smallbusinesses
&
#employers
who are your members? Wake. Up.
@econliberties
🤬 all independent pharmacies should leave their local chambers of commerce over this.
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This is what
#CVS
calls "compliant"
#Patients
meds piling up even after the
#patient
passed away- yet PCMA says
#PBMs
"save $100s/patient/year" How is👇Not the definition of Fraud Waste & Abuse of the
#healthcare
system?
@SenatorCantwell
@SenSchumer
@ChuckGrassley
@RepJamesComer
@JoelThornbury
@TruthRX
@HokiePharmacist
Mail order waste returned to my independent pharmacy by spouse of patient who passed away. CVS Caremark sent all of this. Billed UMWA Funds.
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"A CVS spokesperson said in a statement that “the vast majority of executive compensation is performance-based"🤔
So rising drug costs, understaffed chain pharmacies, & decreased access to care is "good" performance??
#TwitteRx
#healthcare
#MedTwitter
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Just because
#CVS
claims there's a "pharmacist shortage" does not mean it's true. The real problem lies with CVS's draconian business practices that devalue their employees - no one wants to work for that!
Do your homework,
@USATODAY
!
@ShotsWithThat
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Dear PCMA,
We're getting tired of having to correct the large number of errors in every graphic you put out. Please man up & release the actual facts instead of
#misinformation
-filled propaganda.
#pbms
#pbcs
@ChuckGrassley
@SenSchumer
@RepJamesComer
@RepBuddyCarter
#PBMreform
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How DARE
#CVS
say "Our highest priority is ensuring our clients' plan members have coverage for clinically appropriate and affordable medications to treat their conditions" after over a week of grossly incompetent inaction!
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
via
@wbz
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PBMs insist they don’t prioritize their own affiliated pharmacies, yet
@pcmanet
is fighting to restrict which pharmacies patients can go to. This is a direct attack on our nation’s independent pharmacies!
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
#CorporateVampiresSuck
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Dear PCMA,
• Money does not buy everything - especially the goodwill of
#patients
your
#PBM
clients have screwed over
• Money will not erase
#pbms
decades of draconian business practices & greed-based ethics
One final note:
We're Coming For You
Sincerely,
PUTT
#pbmreform
The PBMs are feeling the heat. Can they buy their way out?
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#Antitrust
Laws were designed to protect business from abusive practices like price-fixing, restraints, price discrimination & monopolization.
#PBMs
are setting Rx prices & reimbursements, controlling Rx claims, & choosing who can fill the Rx. How is this NOT a direct violation?!
I called
@ExpressScripts
Waited 30 mins and was told they can’t address until 2020 & a claim rejects. They can’t tell me how/why other pharmacies are preferred! They won’t talk to my PSAO (Arete). They blame the employers! Meanwhile they are telling customers to change pharmacies
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Here is something to ponder. If doctors and pharmacists are willing to refuse to sign third party contracts, go cash only, make more money by doing so, and third parties say they keep providers from overcharging, yet the patients pay less for cash services, how can that be?
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Dear PCMA,
Similar to the convoluted black box
#pbms
operate within, your video left a lot unexplained. We fixed it for you.
You're welcome.
💡 What happens when a new medication comes to market? Your
#PBM
uses its
#expertise
to ensure new solutions are clinically supported and are affordable. Hear more from Jeremy Fredell on
#HowPBMsWork
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Dear
#PBMs
Business practices like👇are COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE
There is no reason other than sheer
#Greed
that
#PBMs
should mark up
#drug
$$ at this level!
Your claims of "lowering drug costs" are obviously fabricated talking points designed to bamboozle Congress.
#PBMreformNOW
Update: CVS Caremark is now charging $7,636 for a $17 multiple sclerosis drug.
@CVSHealth
why are you marking up this MS drug by a record 47,000%?
#PharmacistsFightBack
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In a time where access to medical care is becoming triaged worldwide, let's remember that local
#pharmacies
are
#patients
' front line access to
#healthcare
.
#PBM
practices of running them out of business are, to quote FDR, "most unfashionable"
#PBMreform
#BehindTheRxCurtain
"The PBM paid its affiliated pharmacy $11.18 per pill. At the same time, it paid an independent pharmacy just 53 cents per pill, and a nearby large grocery store pharmacy received even less — about 24 cents."
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We assume this anonymous
#FTCcomment
contributor is a
#pharmacy
owner, but the message is clear -
#PBM
actions are the definition of anti-competitive behavior.
@CSWilsonFTC
@FTCPhillips
@RKSlaughterFTC
@linakhanFTC
@DOJCrimDiv
see any Sherman Act violations?
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
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An economist’s change of heart: It’s time to regulate the prescription-drug middlemen
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So PCMA's
#pbm
clients refuse to comply with
@FTC
information requirements, then cry foul when the interim report "doesn't have enough empirical data" for their liking.🙄
Dear
#pbms
: Pony up with 100% of your Unredacted data. Otherwise, quit whining.
#PBMreformNOW
A former U.S. Senator, a former Secretary of State, academics, national organizations, and two current FTC commissioners raised serious concerns about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) interim report on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Learn more:
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More proof
#middlemen
are gaslighting America. Small pharmacies close, patients forced to choose between mail order and long distance drives to talk to a pharmacist. This is what happens when Fortune 10 takes over healthcare.
#PBMReform
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So
@pcmanet
is running scared on the
#Arkansas
#drug
-pricing law ... yes trolls, it would be horrid for you if all of your dirty laundry & secretive practices were publicly aired in the U.S. Supreme Court
#BehindTheRxCurtain
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Repeat after us:
'Specialty' is a misnomer.
There is nothing 'special' about PBM-designated 'specialty drugs'.
#PBMs
/
#PBCs
created 'specialty' classifications to defraud the public. This report by
@46brooklyndata
is spot on!
#TwitteRx
#MedTwitter
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For those of you playing the home game this👇 is known as a version of non-medical switching - A Greed Move by
#pbms
/
#pbcs
for higher "rebates" which = more$$ in
#pbm
/insurer pockets @ the expense of the
#patient
@ChuckGrassley
@RepJamesComer
@RonWyden
@RepBuddyCarter
@SenSchumer
Had two patients bring letters from
@ExpressScripts
that their generic inhalers would not be covered next month. They’re required to use more expensive brand name Symbicort. Can you say PBM kickback? I can.
@RepBuddyCarter
@ChuckGrassley
@SenatorCantwell
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We could retweet this every hour on the hour!!! Has your legislator seen this????
What CVS is doing to mom and pop pharmacies around the country will make your blood boil
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This👇 is why we speak the truth.
This👇 is why we won't stop fighting.
THIS👇 should NOT be happening!
Support the Fight at
#PBMreform
#independentpharmacy
We fought the good fight. Great Patient and Community-centered practice now gone. Choked out. Thank You, Pikeville & EKY. Sorry, We held on as long as we could...
@TruthRX
@HokiePharmacist
@pharmacists
@Commpharmacy
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No business can stay in business if it consistently LOSES money on the main reason for that business to be in business!
#GetTheFacts
#PBMreform
#ReimbursementReform
@QueenCityNews
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"the mere fact that a state govt decided to reimburse pharmacists using a Google form is a powerful reminder that even massive healthcare bureaucracies can emancipate themselves from the tyranny of
#healthcare
middlemen..."
@SteveMooreRx
#PBMreform
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