@dneary @pluralistic I didn’t realize until this morning when I was reading about the government shut down that the PMBs can charge Medicaid more than they charge private insurance for the meds, and they get to keep the difference as profit.

So I guess that explains why Medicaid doesn’t cover some medication that isn’t even expensive, it’s probably expensive for #Medicaid to pay for it because the #PMBs can rip them off. And nobody cares because it’s just poor people who are suffering when they are unable to get meds through Medicaid.

And Republicans insist this grift be allowed to continue or they shut down the government. So it is allowed to continue.

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.

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