Anyone who has a regular medication regimen is usually quick to lament how costly it is. Well, you know, drugs are expensive, especially in America! But, what is the industry structure that determines and manages the price? The answer is found in a middleman enterprise known as the PBM, an acronym for Pharmacy Benefit Management. This acronym can also double as an oxymoron for patients who need medications because they are not benefiting from this interference in the system. Profit By Middlemen might be a more honest label.
Will our government public health officials warn us about the next pandemic?
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Last Updated: July 30, 2024 by David Kingsley, PhD
Let’s take a walk down memory lane…. The U.S. health care system is complex and dynamic. It been declining into catastrophic failure mode for at least the past decade. We struggled to manage and survive a systemic collapse of… Read More
The Heritage Foundation “Project 2025” is Taking Right Wing Extremism to a New Level
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Last Updated: July 30, 2024 by David Kingsley, PhD
Dave Kingsley Make no Mistake about It, Project 2025 is Powerful, it is Well-Funded, and it is Religiously Extremist, Misogynistic, and White Supremacist. Last August, this headline appeared in the Washington Times: “Recruiting is underway for Trump-like ‘wrecking ball’… Read More
PBMs, The Invisible $500 Billion Per Year Industry
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Last Updated: July 30, 2024 by Kent Comfort
Anyone who has a regular medication regimen is usually quick to lament how costly it is. Well, you know, drugs are expensive, especially in America! But, what is the industry structure that determines and manages the price? The answer is found in a middleman enterprise known as the PBM, an acronym for Pharmacy Benefit Management. This acronym can also double as an oxymoron for patients who need medications because they are not benefiting from this interference in the system. Profit By Middlemen might be a more honest label.