Andrew Russell (@upnortpharm) 's Twitter Profile
Andrew Russell

@upnortpharm

Independent pharmacy owner, PUTT Executive Board Member, Co-Chair PUTT Action Network

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Greg Reybold (@greg_reybold) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great opportunity to hear insights & thoughts from Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧 on the reintroduction of the Pharmacists Fight Back Act (H.R. 6609 & 6610) Thank you Rep. Jake Auchincloss 🟧 for fighting to end PBM pricing games & patient steering in Fed health plans.

Greg Reybold (@greg_reybold) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you Jake Auchincloss for amplifying the voices of community pharmacists who are fighting back against predatory PBM practices & for introducing the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back Act. ⁦PUTT⁩ ⁦Steve Moore⁩ ⁦⁦Nikki Bryant⁩ jakeauch.substack.com/p/pharmacists-…

American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨NEW: Our latest brief from Emma Freer explains how UnitedHealth Group’s FDIC-insured industrial bank has become another lever to trap independent practices. "This was no accident. Federal policy choices over the past decades enabled the rise of this core financial dominance."

🚨NEW: Our latest brief from <a href="/freer_emma/">Emma Freer</a> explains how UnitedHealth Group’s FDIC-insured industrial bank has become another lever to trap independent practices.

"This was no accident. Federal policy choices over the past decades enabled the rise of this core financial dominance."
Julia Coleman 🇺🇸 (@juliaecoleman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am a Minnesota Republican legislator. I never agreed with Melissa. Not once. But I’m begging people to stop sharing this conspiracy theory. She is not terrified in this video. She’s crying because she had to take this vote to keep the government open, and it was incredibly

NCPA (@commpharmacy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Excessive refilling is common practice at U.S. mail-order pharmacies, a Journal analysis of Medicare prescription data found, flooding the homes of seniors with extra drugs. Too-frequent refills by all U.S. pharmacies cost Medicare and patients $3 billion between 2021 and 2023,

MNIndys (@mn_indys) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The National Institute of Health describes pharmacy deserts as “communities that are both low-income and have low access to pharmacies. Minnesota is becoming one big pharmacy desert, and at MNIndys, we’re doing our best to put an end to this phenomenon.

The National Institute of Health describes pharmacy deserts as “communities that are both low-income and have low access to pharmacies. Minnesota is becoming one big pharmacy desert, and at MNIndys, we’re doing our best to put an end to this phenomenon.
MNIndys (@mn_indys) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📞 Are you an independent pharmacy owner ANYWHERE in the U.S.? We need your help! 📞 CLICK HERE to ACT NOW! ➡️ [apcinet.quorum.us/campaign/15104…](apcinet.quorum.us/campaign/15104…) / Visit the URL 👆 to ACT NOW! #ACPI #MaketheCall

📞 Are you an independent pharmacy owner ANYWHERE in the U.S.? We need your help! 📞

CLICK HERE to ACT NOW! ➡️ [apcinet.quorum.us/campaign/15104…](apcinet.quorum.us/campaign/15104…) / Visit the URL 👆 to ACT NOW!

#ACPI #MaketheCall
PUTT (@truthrx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Get Ready for an insightfully mind-blowing episode! New Episode featuring special guest Mark Cuban airs This Friday, 1/16 Catch past episodes at TruthRx.org/pbm-on-the-roc… or wherever you grab your favorite podcasts! #PBMOTR #PBMreform #podcast #pharmacy #independentpharmacy

Get Ready for an insightfully mind-blowing episode!

New Episode featuring special guest Mark Cuban airs This Friday, 1/16
Catch past episodes at TruthRx.org/pbm-on-the-roc… or wherever you grab your favorite podcasts!

#PBMOTR #PBMreform #podcast #pharmacy #independentpharmacy
MNIndys (@mn_indys) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Back in October, not 1️⃣, not 2️⃣, but 3️⃣ of our officers received honors from the Minnesota Pharmacists Association (MPhA)! We are grateful to MPhA for honoring our team members and, in doing so, helping spread the MNIndys mission. John Hoeschen Andrew Russell Minnesota Pharmacist

Back in October, not 1️⃣, not 2️⃣, but 3️⃣ of our officers received honors from the Minnesota Pharmacists Association (MPhA)! 

We are grateful to MPhA for honoring our team members and, in doing so, helping spread the MNIndys mission. 

<a href="/JohnHoeschen/">John Hoeschen</a>  <a href="/UpNortPharm/">Andrew Russell</a>  <a href="/MinnPharmAssoc/">Minnesota Pharmacist</a>
PUTT (@truthrx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"When I owned the Mavs I could pick on the refs & everybody agreed the refs are good guys but had bad moments. There's nobody who thinks the PBMs and the insurance companies are good guys ever." ~ Mark Cuban HAVE YOU CAUGHT THE LATEST EPISODE? Listen Now! player.captivate.fm/episode/3e08be…

"When I owned the Mavs I could pick on the refs &amp; everybody agreed the refs are good guys but had bad moments. There's nobody who thinks the PBMs and the insurance companies are good guys ever." ~ <a href="/mcuban/">Mark Cuban</a> 

HAVE YOU CAUGHT THE LATEST EPISODE?
Listen Now!
player.captivate.fm/episode/3e08be…
PUTT (@truthrx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

POV - The way the biggest #PBMs handle #drugpricing is ridiculous.🤔 Catch the Full Episode with Special Guest Mark Cuban at: youtu.be/RpisqNpO0pM #PBMOTR #podcast #PBMreform Andrew Russell Save Independent Pharmacy Jeremy Counts Chris Hobart

Dan Osborn (@osbornforne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, the Tyson plant in Lexington officially closes. This story is all-too-common in America. It's a story of monopoly power gutting small towns. Four companies control 85% of beef processing. They don't need to compete. So when it's convenient, they close plants instead of

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Wouldn't you agree? CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works really well for the consumer AOC: I think it works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets a cut, drug

American Economic Liberties Project (@econliberties) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took on insurance execs over vertical integration — and called for Congress to pass a Glass-Steagall Act for health care and Break Up Big Medicine. This must-read thread from Emma Freer dives into it ⬇️

Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (@repgregmurphy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the impact of rising health care costs on patients and families.  We have to have serious reform of health insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and their subsidiaries to reduce the cost of healthcare.