Establishing private rights of action against PBMs for violations of state laws have proven elusive. Arkansas is setting precedent on that front as well with ⁦Sarah Huckabee Sanders⁩ signing SB 583 into law. Again, Arkansas leads. ⁦Arkansas Pharmacists Association⁩ arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?i…

With 22,000% drug markups, Rxs $6k over NADAC, & ind. pharmacies being crushed, Virginia’s Medicaid managed care program is off the rails. Virginia SB 875 trims the fat via a single PBM model. Let’s get it signed. #itworkedinOhio Jeremy Counts bit.ly/virginia-medic…

Today is decision day! Everyone, let Governor Youngkin know we need PBM reform in Virginia Medicaid!

Focus on all of it, but that must include the government programs that pressure list prices higher through their endless addiction to special drug discounts rather than incentivizing lower drug sticker prices in the first place. The US system is designed to balloon drug prices.

A notable detail here is that Josh Hawley is from Missouri, home of Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services , one of the 'Big 3' PBMs and no doubt a political force there because of their sheer [ill-won] capital. And despite that, he sees that PBMs are the problem.

So CVS puts a competitor out of business only to turn around and buy many of the locations... NY pharmacies and our patients need our NY based conference leaders to make PBM reform happen. ⁦Chuck Schumer⁩ ⁦Hakeem Jeffries⁩. #FixRx cnn.com/2025/05/16/bus…

Don’t know about elegant. Let’s call it a muscular deep-dive. Either way, can’t wait to hear this discussion.

Nic .. Have you read the 2 FTC PBM reports , Watched any of the U.S. Congress PBM hearings over the last year, read the U.S. House Oversight Committee report ? They are horrendous and PBMs owning pharmacies is driving the waste of taxpayer $.

.@jamesblairUSA nails it. In Arkansas, we passed an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill to eliminate PBM conflicts of interest by banning them from owning pharmacies putting patients over profits.

🚨HUGE WIN FOR MN PHARMACY!!! 🚨 @MNIndys and MN pharmacists have been trying for years to pass meaningful legislation to ensure the stability and survival of community pharmacies throughout the state of MN. We are proud to stand behind this legislation as a significant win for

Thank you Emma Freer for joining me on the PBM Reform Podcast. We talk Pres. Trump’s recent EO & why American Economic Liberties Project is swinging big on PBM reform, championing Pharmacists Fight Back Act, Patients Before Monopolies & rebate reform at the fed level. Worth a listen.

Heavyweight pay-per-view for drug pricing and health policy nerds. Can’t wait.

“In 2000, there were no big healthcare conglomerates on the Fortune 20 and today there is 7… They’re making money off of people’s inability to access quality healthcare.” Emma Freer joins Greg Reybold to discuss our Break Up Big Medicine initiative, the vertical integration

⁦TN Pharmacists Association⁩ is one of the strongest state organizations in the country. Grateful to join them in Gatlinburg to talk PBM reform at their summer meeting. ⁦APCI⁩

"PBMs ... are steering patients to their pharmacies and marking up drugs used to treat life threatening diseases by thousands of percent. The Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act will end PBM self-dealing, save money, & restore patient choice in the FEHBP" Greg Reybold said.

Must read piece by 46brooklyn Research where they expose another practice in PBMs ever evolving bag of tricks by preferring not only their affiliated pharmacies but also their own drug labels. Steering ontop of steering. Amazing.

⁦PCMA⁩ still running kayfabe on how PBMs lower drug prices but at this point they are only talking to themselves. ⁦JC Scott⁩

🗓️THURSDAY, AUG. 7th: Join us in New Orleans for our latest Break Up Big Medicine Roundtable. We'll be joined by healthcare professionals, policy experts, and advocates to discuss how vertically-integrated healthcare monopolies raise prices, deteriorate care, and hurt workers.

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Shhh stop talking about wholesalers 🤫