Thank you to Sen. Bernie Sanders for meeting with Pres. SEANC President Kirk Montgomery, Pamela D Montgomery and Ardis Watkins today about the high price of prescription drugs, particularly GLP-1s Ozempic and Wegovy. We look forward to working with you and the N.C. delegation in Congress to bring these costs down.

Well, that’s certainly disappointing to hear… Hospital Lobbyists Fought to Cut Penalties for Cybersecurity Breaches prospect.org/health/2024-04…

🤣🤣🤣 T-Rex Showed Up on Weather Radar. wral.com/amp/21448984/

How it’s going re: Mission/HCA. New analysis out of Wake Forest University. avlwatchdog.org/hcas-purchase-…

#donatelife instagram.com/reel/C87YLmfOa…

Our first hand experience with the financial impact of the cost of these medications:

North Carolina urges HHS to license Novo and Lilly obesity drugs as a way to lower costs statnews.com/pharmalot/2024… via STAT

Novo announced earnings today. ~*$50 billion* so far from Ozempic & Wegovy. $44bn in buybacks & dividends since Ozempic launch. Price ~ 100x production cost. Meanwhile, states like North Carolina are choosing between dropping coverage & doubling premiums on working families.

nytimes.com/2024/08/06/nyr…

A good practical guide for educators covered by the State Health Plan… ednc.org/ask-answer-wha…

If you are a state employee or teacher on the State Health Plan near Asheville, come by AB Tech on Thursday to get any questions answered you have about changing to Aetna and get free flu shot or some cool swag! (The pictures are from the Raleigh stop last week.)

Rocky Mount event center!

Fascinating piece. Does VC want to fund companies with more potential buyers or fewer? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Looking forward to this new challenge!

Looking forward to this new challenge!

This is serious. Please don’t underfund the Retirement System! We’re the envy of the nation for funding pensions correctly.

Dinosaur. Grrrrrr.

Every state and employer should audit their PBM to make sure you are getting what your contract promises. You might be surprised. NC State Health Plan may take legal action against vendor CVS Caremark northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/06/06/sta…

It’s an honor to work for NC Department of State Treasurer, who is so focused on doing what’s right for the state, its taxpayers, its employees, and its longtime fiscal health — even if that means reducing the power of his own office. (2/3) #NCGA #ncpol

A great team!