American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. on LinkedIn: The recommendation marks the third remake for the COVID vaccine since… (2024)

At least 36 states have laws that are supposed to limit insurers’ use of step therapy. But most only apply in certain cases, and enforcement has been spotty.https://ow.ly/sZe650Sh73X

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Last year's ruling in the Oklahoma case conflicts with an earlier ruling where the court found "PBMs cannot evade state consumer-protection regulations under the cloak of ERISA pre-emption."https://ow.ly/KIBx50Sh6Ug

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This is an excellent explainer video from Stat on how #PBM practices contribute to the ever-increasing price of prescription drugs.https://ow.ly/BxF550Sh6Px

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The bill would create a new criminal penalty to put executives in prison for up to six years if they loot health care entities, including nursing homes and hospitals, if the looting leads to a patient's death.https://ow.ly/fFip50Sh6H8

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"More and more people are catching onto the fact that the wool is being pulled over their eyes when it comes to the true cost of medications — and #PBM markups on drugs."https://ow.ly/Oj8C50Sh6B2

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“This patient who has been with me for awhile, someone I know their name, I know their family, I know their kids – they’re going to cost me 100 bucks a month.”https://ow.ly/vurc50SfJEJ

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“It would not matter if the governor himself walked in and said, ‘I need to get this prescription filled... If I’m losing money on it, it’s a no.”https://ow.ly/2ExL50SfJsn

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"Pennsylvania has lost more than 140 pharmacies in less than six months. That number is going to continue to climb because of the reckless profiteering of #PBMs at the expense of pharmacists, their employees and communities."https://ow.ly/YuJC50SfJbC

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"I'm working for free a lot," he said. "And I don't mind. I love to serve the community. But I kind of resent having to do that because of large corporations, huge pharmacy benefit managers (#pbms), that are making millions of dollars a year." https://ow.ly/yR9H50Se8KU

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