Prescription benefit manager industry tries to work with lack of financial transparency: to “pad their bottom line ” ?

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Just a few days ago I made this post  https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/cvs-health-is-standing-up-to-protect-their-own-profits-using-a-smoke-screen-and-accusing-others-of-profiteering/ Where the PBM CAREMARK – owned by CVS HEALTH – “By inserting themselves in the state’s process of selecting a firm to manage prescription drug coverage for the Office of Group Benefits, special interest groups representing Louisiana’s independent pharmacists attempted to line their own pockets […]

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LIES and other “political facts” about the opiate crisis

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Fear, Loathing, and Fentanyl Misinformation https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/101577 Misleading fentanyl narratives are pervasive and cause very real harm “‘Think about this,’ (East Liverpool Ohio Chief of Police) Lane told ‘Inside Edition.’ ‘Nobody sees (fentanyl) on his shirt. He leaves and goes home, takes off that shirt, throws it in the wash. His mom, his wife, his girlfriend […]

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