The drug I take for #PsoriaticSpondylitis is nearly $9k a month from CVS Caremark. If it weren’t for insurance (which covers 80%), I’d just have to die. #BigPharma

From: @cbarbermd
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Carolyn Barber, MD (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 video “I asked the CVS Caremark CEO how much he’s charging for a $16 drug for multiple sclerosis. Answer: $6,229. Yeah, that‘s a 38,000% markup from this Fortune 10 PBM.”—r/t Rep Jake Auchincloss of Mass. #press #pharma

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