UpNortPharm
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Independent pharmacy owner with a strong dislike of PBMs
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
7 months ago
PUTT board members like
@upnortpharm.bsky.social
are constantly advocating for
#IndependentPharmacy
- in their own states and nationwide! Bring Your Voice!! Visit
TruthRx.org
or contact us for more information Keeping local pharmacies open |
@thejournal.ie
www.nujournal.com/opinion/lett...
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Keeping local pharmacies open
To the editor: The local pharmacy isn’t just a place to pick up prescriptions—we are a lifeline. I’ve spent years helping patients manage their medications, answering late-night phone calls, and ensur...
https://www.nujournal.com/opinion/letters/2025/04/19/keeping-local-pharmacies-open/
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Huge thank you to MN Attorney General
@agellison.bsky.social
for signing on to this letter. Pharmacy Benefit Managers owning pharmacies and setting reimbursement rates for themselves and their direct competitors is a glaring conflict of interest and should certainly be addressed by congress.
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
7 months ago
The National Association of Attorneys General, on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territory AGs, sent a letter to Congress urging them to pass an act prohibiting
#PBMs
from owning or operating pharmacies
#PharmSky
#PBMreform
Read the Letter:
www.naag.org/press-releas...
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
8 months ago
NEW EPISODE‼ PBM Reform, Conflicts of Interest, & Anti-Monopoly After Lina Khan | PBM on the Rocks 🎧LISTEN NOW🎧
player.captivate.fm/episode/6eec...
#PBMreform
#PharmSky
@econliberties.bsky.social
@hokiepharm.bsky.social
@upnortpharm.bsky.social
@moniquewhitney.bsky.social
@linamkhan.bsky.social
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PBM Reform, Conflicts of Interest, & Anti-Monopoly After Lina Khan
Quickly and easily listen to PBM on the Rocks for free!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6eec17f4-1895-4cd5-aad4-3fd6be0c8c59/
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
9 months ago
NEW EPISODE ALERT‼ Association Unity, Grassroots Advocacy, & Making Independent Pharmacy Voices Heard | PBM on the Rocks podcast
player.captivate.fm/episode/6304...
#advocacy
#PharmSky
@hokiepharm.bsky.social
@upnortpharm.bsky.social
@moniquewhitney.bsky.social
@brandichane.bsky.social
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Association Unity, Grassroots Advocacy, & Making Independent Pharmacy Voices Heard
Quickly and easily listen to PBM on the Rocks for free!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6304d7e0-f9aa-4a83-a0b8-5d075450e868/
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
9 months ago
Ear Candy for your
#Valentine
Weekend - Have You Caught the Newest Episode? 🎧CATCH IT NOW🎧
youtu.be/m9b5J5it_cY
#MedSky
#PharmSky
@hokiepharm.bsky.social
@safemedicines.bsky.social
@moniquewhitney.bsky.social
@upnortpharm.bsky.social
@brandichane.bsky.social
@foreverlaurenyoung.bsky.social
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Counterfeit Medications, Rx Pricing Scams, and the Human Cost of PBM Practices
YouTube video by Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
https://youtu.be/m9b5J5it_cY
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
10 months ago
We đź’™Our Listeners! Don't miss the newest episode of PBM on the Rocks, airing this Friday, February 14th!
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@hokiepharm.bsky.social
@brandichane.bsky.social
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss
11 months ago
Specialty steering is a one-two punch of price-gouging and self-dealing in which pharmacy benefit managers mark-up the price of generic medicines and then steer the reimbursement towards affiliated pharmacies. It raises premiums for everybody.
youtube.com/shorts/18jjf...
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Rep. Auchincloss on second interim FTC report on PBMs
YouTube video by Rep. Auchincloss
https://youtube.com/shorts/18jjfPHT5uo
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Antonio Ciaccia
11 months ago
After years of PBMs accusing critics of cherry-picking examples of big markups on specialty drugs, this new FTC report reveals that PBMs have been in the cherry-farming business all along.
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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FTC Releases Second Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen
The Federal Trade Commission today published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, which focuses on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) influence over specialty g
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-releases-second-interim-staff-report-prescription-drug-middlemen
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Jeremy Counts
11 months ago
President of
@truthrx.bsky.social
Deborah Keaveny in a great interview on the harms PBMs are doing to the healthcare infrastructure of this country.
#PharmSky
www.fox9.com/news/healthc...
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Healthcare insurance companies blamed for 'pharmacy deserts' in Minnesota
Minnesota has lost hundreds of pharmacies in a little over a decade, creating "pharmacy deserts" that are forcing people to travel a lot farther or rely on mail service to obtain their prescription me...
https://www.fox9.com/news/healthcare-insurance-companies-blamed-pharmacy-deserts-minnesota?taid=67639dc7d976850001b01f37&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
11 months ago
Open Letter to the 118th Congress: Thank You for Fighting for PBM Reform | PUTT Medium
puttrx.medium.com/open-letter-...
#PBMreform
#PharmacistsFightBack
#TwitterRx
#independentpharmacy
#PatientsBeforeMonopolies
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Open Letter to the 118th Congress: Thank You for Fighting for PBM Reform
To the Members of Congress Who Fought for PBM Reform Legislation,
https://puttrx.medium.com/open-letter-to-the-118th-congress-thank-you-for-fighting-for-pbm-reform-921d3dcf09b3
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Antonio Ciaccia
11 months ago
PBMs’ undefeated streak in DC rolls on
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Jeremy Counts
11 months ago
"It's not uncommon for me to spend over 100 hours trying to get a case of return" -- Julie Baak "Overturned" is an excellent video by Wendell Potter featuring the work of Julie and Claudia demanding insurers take care of patients.
open.substack.com/pub/healthca...
#Pharmsky
#Medsky
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Watch the New Mini Documentary "Overturned"
"Health insurance is the biggest scam in the history of the United States of America."
https://open.substack.com/pub/healthcareuncovered/p/watch-the-new-mini-documentary-overturned?r=88eh3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web×tamp=224.4&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Jeremy Counts
11 months ago
#Pharmsky
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Happy Holidays! Except for you PrimeTherapeutics, no I will not waive my past, present, and future due process rights as a condition of network participation…
#PBMafia
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@truthrx.bsky.social
12 months ago
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Huge Thank You to @BettyMcCollum04 for being the first MN Representative to sponsor
#HR9096
the Pharmacists Fight Back Act!
12 months ago
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