Bob K Mertz Nov 1

This stuff shouldn't happen in a country as rich as ours. Healthcare is a nightmare and it gets worse and worse every day that goes by.

https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/class-action-suit-seeks-to-uphold-in-network-drug-benefits-for-ligonier-pharmacy-customers/

#HealthCare #UPMC #Highmark #ExpressScripts

Class action suit seeks to uphold in-network drug benefits for Ligonier pharmacy customers

A federal court could decide whether customers of Ligonier Pharmacy and several additional locations operated by Martella’s Pharmacies can have in-network insurance coverage through Highmark or UPMC Health Plan when they fill their prescriptions. A Pittsburgh law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of customers against those insurers

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Yonhap Infomax NewsJul 17, 2025
Samsung Bioepis has signed private label supply agreements with US PBM giants Express Scripts and CVS Caremark for its Stelara biosimilar, marking the first dual deal of its kind and expanding access to the US autoimmune drug market.
#YonhapInfomax #SamsungBioepis #StelaraBiosimilar #ExpressScripts #CVSCaremark #PBMSupplyDeal #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=72426
Catherine Collingwood EstesJan 30, 2025
#ExpressScripts intends to make new steps standard operating procedure moving forward, creating a baseline for its efforts around #transparency and #affordability. #PBM #Prescriptions https://buff.ly/3EfpIxv
Robin FrostDec 2, 2024
Do any of my #Blind friends who use #ScripTalk get their prescriptions through #ExpressScripts mail order? If so tell me about the experience please. It appears I may have to switch to them due to switching prescription plans.
petersuberOct 16, 2024

I just spent way too much time working through the inflexible menu tree of an online pharmacy. Eventually I talked with a helpful human. I agreed to take a survey afterwards in order to give sharp feedback on the automated menu tree. But of course the survey was automated too. It didn't list any options corresponding to my gripes and didn't let me describe my gripes in my own language.

If you're listening, #ExpressScripts (@expressscripts), it was you.

#IVR, #NamingNames

Don Hawkins - W7DAHNov 15, 2023

What a BS #media headline. The REAL issue is the organized crime syndicates called “PMBs”. Pharmaceutical Management Branch needs to be legislated out of existence by #CONGRESS. #Biden was just trying to put a band-aid on it. What's needed is to eliminate PMB.

The problem is, we're all up against a fooking pill-industry that has deep pockets & greed as its primary motivators.

https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2023-11-15/biden-administrations-limit-on-drug-industry-middlemen-backfires-pharmacists-say

#PMBs #Pharmacy #Healthcare #Medicare #Drugs #Pills #ExpressScripts

Biden administration’s limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say

A rule taking effect Jan. 1 was intended to stop one set of abuses by pharmacy benefit managers, but some pharmacists say it’s enabling these price brokers to simply do new things unfairly.

HEALTHNEWSFL
Show threadbunnyhufferSep 14, 2023
Meanwhile, I am on an absolute tear, having called to report to #CDC and the state Department of Health. #ExpressScripts is one of the largest PBMs in the country, and those covered by them are either being turned away at pharmacies or will refuse the #vaccine due to cost, unlikely to return later.
bunnyhufferSep 14, 2023
If you happen to live in a U.S. market where the new #covid #vaccine is available, make sure to contact your insurance and verify that they’ve updated their formulary to cover it. As of today, #ExpressScripts (one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers) has not, and will not supply a timeline. #healthcare in America is more fucked than ever.
CalicosineJul 27, 2023

#ExpressScripts is #ableist and anti-poor because their partnership with #GoodRX blocks #Medicaid from being applied as the secondary and a lot of people have had it applied to their prescription(s) without consent and warning, potentially making their meds suddenly unaffordable. #Capitalism at work, folks.

#HealthInsurance

DJWJul 11, 2023

1/? HFS I am angry. Not at individuals, but specifically at an arm of Express Scripts and a certain #Pharma company who enjoys a very close relationship with them.

The process is brutal enough - considering what conditions are being treated - without this bs.

This time was a particularly difficult slog, having changed a doctor, but the process is designed to prevent access by patients, NOT to prevent illicit use.

#sleep #narcolepsy #jazzpharma #expressscripts