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APCI posts on X about money, cvs, business, rep the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [countries](/list/countries)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [currencies](/list/currencies)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 

**Social topic influence**
[money](/topic/money), [cvs](/topic/cvs), [business](/topic/business), [rep](/topic/rep), [health](/topic/health), [insurance](/topic/insurance), [acquisition](/topic/acquisition), [health care](/topic/health-care), [this is](/topic/this-is), [we are](/topic/we-are)

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@thehill](/creator/undefined) [@reuters](/creator/undefined) [@cnbc](/creator/undefined) [@fiercehealth](/creator/undefined) [@drugtopics](/creator/undefined) [@kffhealthnews](/creator/undefined) [@healthcaredive](/creator/undefined) [@forbes](/creator/undefined) [@ftc](/creator/undefined) [@katvnews](/creator/undefined) [@pittsburghpg](/creator/undefined) [@mstodaynews](/creator/undefined) [@mnreformer](/creator/undefined) [@ohiocapjournal](/creator/undefined) [@nbcnews](/creator/undefined) [@commpharmacy](/creator/undefined) [@beckershr](/creator/undefined) [@fox32news](/creator/undefined) [@theobserver](/creator/undefined) [@cnn](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[CVS Health Corp (CVS)](/topic/cvs) [Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)](/topic/eli-lilly) [McKesson Corporation (MCK)](/topic/mckesson) [Cencora, Inc. (COR)](/topic/cencora) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/spotify) [Dave Inc. (DAVE)](/topic/$dave) [Sanofi (SNY)](/topic/sanofi)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Happy American Pharmacists Month We're proud of the pharmacists at all our member pharmacies who go above and beyond to help their patients #APhM2019"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1179089987008110594)  2019-10-01T17:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Merck & Co. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Bristol Myers Squibb have all filed lawsuits seeking to block the Medicare price negotiation program established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). @thehill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1671553620150452226)  2023-06-21T16:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Overall 32% of the patients were still taking the medicine for weight loss a year after their initial prescription. @Reuters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1678813964359041028)  2023-07-11T17:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"CVS Health has been able to achieve and abuse its power through a series of mergers and acquisitions. Had our existing antitrust laws such as the Clayton Act been enforced correctly this consolidation should never have been allowed. @MNReformer https://ow.ly/WnTJ50PmI67 https://ow.ly/WnTJ50PmI67"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1684571949010419715)  2023-07-27T14:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"When Congress gavels back into session next month members have the opportunity to push meaningful bipartisan health care reforms over the finish line. @TheMessenger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1691115011404701696)  2023-08-14T15:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It is quite often the case that #PBMs use previous audit findings along with newer audit findings to form a network termination basis even where the pharmacies paid back the discrepant amount." @Drug_Topics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1695134102498795657)  2023-08-25T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In at least some cases the problem isnt that the companies owning big chains are losing money its that theyre not making enough to keep Wall Street happy. @OhioCapJournal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1697624713084740078)  2023-09-01T14:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Facing increasing pressure to pass along all the discounts they get from drugmakers back to their clients #PBMs have recently changed what that money is called in a way that makes it harder to trace. https://ow.ly/IBHe50PHQTq https://ow.ly/rozF50PHQTr https://ow.ly/IBHe50PHQTq https://ow.ly/rozF50PHQTr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1699066138246992175)  2023-09-05T14:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Two sources indicated the FDA is exploring the possibility of granting the boosters a full approval license instead of an emergency use authorization a departure from the approach used for previous Covid vaccine authorizations. @NBCNews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1699806023689605412)  2023-09-07T15:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Both the European Medicines Agency and the U.K.s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency are reviewing reports of self-injury and suicidal thoughts from people who took GLP-1 receptor agonists. @NBCNews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1701270677079159290)  2023-09-11T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The lawsuit claims that Caremark has been assessing pharmacy DIR fees in violation of federal antitrust laws and state laws governing contracts. @FormularyWatch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1707118955465187713)  2023-09-27T19:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""The #PBMs I just don't see them producing anything. They only produce red tape and bureaucracy." @thehill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1707458947546747328)  2023-09-28T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Having pharmacists and their staff practicing to the full scope of their license is incredibly important especially in health care deserts. @Drug_Topics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1708878301081620873)  2023-10-02T16:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Experts have said the heavily discounted versions of Humira may not be made widely available because they are unlikely to appeal to #PBMs. @Reuters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1709220549354741947)  2023-10-03T14:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The letter from CVS Caremark states the consumer's medications are being moved to a 90-day prescription supply program only being offered through CVS. @abc15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1711767344496759134)  2023-10-10T15:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Headed to Orlando for the @Commpharmacy annual convention Visit booth [---] to learn how APCI can help YOUR independent pharmacy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1712860867539136824)  2023-10-13T16:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Rite Aid filed for Chapter [--] bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Sunday and said it would begin restructuring to significantly reduce its debt. @CNBC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1713925325745225957)  2023-10-16T14:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Pharmacy staff from Walgreens are laying the groundwork for a nationwide walkout and multiple rallies at the end of October to protest unsatisfactory working conditions. @CNBC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1713944209462329623)  2023-10-16T15:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Greg Reybold director of healthcare policy for the American Pharmacy Cooperative called the proposed acquisition "chilling." @BeckersHR https://ow.ly/Teox50PZ28k https://ow.ly/Teox50PZ28k"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1715413863619789095)  2023-10-20T17:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Employees at some of the largest drugstore chains in the United States staged a new series of walkouts across the country Monday to demand the companies fix what employees say are harsh working conditions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1719359751677530540)  2023-10-31T14:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A group of "transparent" #PBMs has split off from the pack launching a six-figure digital media campaign to make the case that some of the widely criticized organizations provide value to the healthcare system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1719366157327536375)  2023-10-31T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Pharmacies are choosing to no longer stock these GLP-1 medicines because #PBMs are not necessarily paying commensurate with the actual value of the product let alone the service the pharmacy is offering." @fox32news https://ow.ly/L39l50Q7rXA https://ow.ly/L39l50Q7rXA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1724444633818648959)  2023-11-14T15:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The suit claims UnitedHealth's AI is making "rigid and unrealistic" determinations about what it takes for patients to recover from serious illnesses and denying them care that should be covered under Medicare Advantage plans. @USATODAY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1726626492287783289)  2023-11-20T15:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The North Carolina State Health Plan redacted documents on weight-loss drug pricing after the plan director said they faced pressure from their pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark. @theobserver"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1729198473050808418)  2023-11-27T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] a 1.1-year increase brought overall life expectancy at birth to [----] years. But that offsets less than half of the [---] years of life lost in the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. @CNN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1729913157773054227)  2023-11-29T17:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The large and growing volume of private equity acquisitions of physician groups in recent years has raised mounting concerns about the impact on health costs quality of care and providers clinical autonomy. @KFFHealthNews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1730288124784165339)  2023-11-30T18:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In fact the #PBM industry has long dodged reform precisely because it threatens to increase government spending on subsidies for the premiums charged by insurers which are part of the same corporate entities as the big PBMs. @InsideSourcesDC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1734966511205302699)  2023-12-13T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to [-----] for the week ending Dec. [--] up from [-----] the previous week according to data updated Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). @ABCNews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1736798518914773037)  2023-12-18T17:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"UnitedHealth created one vertically integrated conglomerate that determines which doctors hospitals and medications millions of Americans can access how much they pay and whether they will get coverage at all. @theprospect"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1737509457142128852)  2023-12-20T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In New York City there is a robust mom-and-pop pharmacy industry that could possibly pick up the slack created by chain pharmacy closures (paywall). @nytimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1739672759326605602)  2023-12-26T15:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The suit accuses UnitedHealth Group UnitedHealthcare and Otpum Rx of forcing independent pharmacies to close by "unlawfully extracting huge sums of money" with #DIR fees. @BeckersHR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1739678759689605142)  2023-12-26T16:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"APCI members: Our Friday night entertainment for the [----] APCI Convention is a scenic cruise down the Savannah River aboard the iconic Georgia Queen riverboat We'll enjoy Southern cuisine live music DJ and karaoke Learn more & register today at 🚢🌅🎶"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1744750971975008581)  2024-01-09T16:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Some [--] states plus New York City are experiencing "high or very high" levels of respiratory illness activity according to the CDC. Of those states [--] are experiencing "very high" activity. @ABCNews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1744772312228917599)  2024-01-09T17:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"House Study Bill [---] would require #PBMs to use the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) when determining what price to reimburse pharmacies for dispensing medications. @gazettedotcom https://ow.ly/E2Rb50QrKTr https://ow.ly/E2Rb50QrKTr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1747641709977055459)  2024-01-17T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"APCI members: Our Friday night entertainment for the [----] APCI Convention is a scenic cruise down the Savannah River aboard the iconic Georgia Queen riverboat We'll enjoy Southern cuisine live music DJ and karaoke Learn more & register today at 🚢🌅🎶"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1753100989375131748)  2024-02-01T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Johnson & Johnson case appears to be the first case brought by an employee against a major company alleging breach of ERISA fiduciary duty over mismanagement of health plan funds. @BLaw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1756045422529769528)  2024-02-09T20:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


""The pharmacy benefit managers are doing very well financially. The #PBMs do not want the status quo that works magnificently for them to change." @KATUNews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1759976245352440014)  2024-02-20T16:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Vermont has lost 75% of its independent pharmacies due in part to #PBMs reaping big profits while tightening the screws on the indies." Vermont Political Observer https://ow.ly/FX8Z50QGa6M https://ow.ly/FX8Z50QGa6M"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1760333663709892750)  2024-02-21T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"You may have recently seen a graphic highlighting the discrepancies between what the Ga. state health plan pays independent pharmacies vs. chains. Here's what Ga. legislators have to say about it:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1760721215973409109)  2024-02-22T17:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The problems began on Wednesday after a "suspected nation-state associated cybersecurity threat actor" gained access to Change Healthcare's information technology systems UnitedHealth said in a filing on Thursday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1761055980899438935)  2024-02-23T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Persistent infections have long been a concern to COVID-19 researchers because people with prolonged infections tend to display a high number of viral mutations making them reservoirs of new variants. @CIDRAP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1761112479894065511)  2024-02-23T19:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"What were seeing really is pharmacies are getting paid less. Patients are . paying more for prescription drugs. So where is the discrepancy here Where is the money going @coalvalleynews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1765399494730870930)  2024-03-06T15:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I do think the DOJ is starting to wake up and see how vertical integration or vertical consolidation is affecting the healthcare industry. When you have an insurer buying physician practices or hospitals theyre paying themselves. @medcitynews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1769754434714673166)  2024-03-18T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We are kicking off #APCI2024 in Savannah with some words from former Atlanta Braves great Sid Bream"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1771147575682310637)  2024-03-22T12:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Surescripts is said to be looking for a private equity buyer so it can maintain its neutrality for its #PBM and pharmacy owners according to the report. @SeekingAlpha https://ow.ly/S14650R7wgR https://ow.ly/S14650R7wgR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1775541320372638093)  2024-04-03T15:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We are still desperately struggling said Emily Benson a therapist in Edina Minnesota who runs her own practice. This was way more devastating than covid ever was. @KFFHealthNews https://ow.ly/kavL50Rle2i https://ow.ly/kavL50Rle2i"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1782422915184521295)  2024-04-22T14:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"UnitedHealth said it has determined that the cyberthreat actors accessed files containing protected health information that could cover a substantial proportion of people in America. @CNBC https://ow.ly/u1jN50RmeNt https://ow.ly/u1jN50RmeNt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1782785310042054832)  2024-04-23T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Too many Ohio independent pharmacies have been forced to close their doors largely because #PBMs impose unfair and inadequate compensation for the prescription medications dispensed." @DispatchAlerts https://ow.ly/pkqm50RsvIZ https://ow.ly/pkqm50RsvIZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1785320764717072474)  2024-04-30T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Theyve grown too big for this countrys good and for their own good. Success for UnitedHealth is return for investors. @washingtonpost https://ow.ly/7njc50Rsw9a https://ow.ly/7njc50Rsw9a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1785333346433733000)  2024-04-30T15:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sent warning letters to [--] drugmakers taking issue with patents on popular drugs for weight loss diabetes asthma and other reparatory conditions. @AP https://ow.ly/xxgG50RtYEu https://ow.ly/xxgG50RtYEu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1785731633951195476)  2024-05-01T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""UnitedHealth's steady accumulation of influence and wealth has left our health system less humane less secure and less competitive." @TimesTelegram https://ow.ly/9mMW50RtYTc https://ow.ly/9mMW50RtYTc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1785737259448148379)  2024-05-01T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Glass-Steagall for health care would recognize that the vertical consolidation of insurers and direct health providers creates inherent conflicts and risks including cybersecurity of one company being on both sides of this relationship. @thehill https://ow.ly/ugG650RuVC7 https://ow.ly/ugG650RuVC7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1786064425939505315)  2024-05-02T16:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Youre now in a position to jack up prices squeeze competitors hide revenues and pressure doctors to put profits ahead of patients. #UnitedHealth is a monopoly on steroids. @thehill https://ow.ly/2Wwa50RuWnF https://ow.ly/2Wwa50RuWnF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1786076990514110614)  2024-05-02T16:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Big Insurers have been on a buying spree with the goal of controlling as much of the health system as possible and its resulted in record profits. But for patients doctors and pharmacists its been a nightmare. @dcexaminer https://ow.ly/bpni50RBRre https://ow.ly/bpni50RBRre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1788945903392362597)  2024-05-10T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#PBMs' undue influence over drug pricing "has resulted in unjustifiable increases in prescription drug costs burdening patients already grappling with challenges in accessing essential medications." @RioGGuardian https://ow.ly/qVlF50RBRVr https://ow.ly/qVlF50RBRVr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1788952194542145572)  2024-05-10T15:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The CEOs of the six major national insurers earned a combined $122970614 in total compensation in [----]. At the top of that list was UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty who brought home about $23.5 million. @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/Rzie50RNvgV https://ow.ly/Rzie50RNvgV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1792592435610079568)  2024-05-20T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Rite Aid is now close to a final deal with its lenders and expects to seek court approval of its bankruptcy restructuring in late June. https://ow.ly/qtIE50RYoZo https://ow.ly/qtIE50RYoZo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1795470661734818014)  2024-05-28T15:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Novo Nordisk A/S said it retains about 60% of the list price of Ozempic and Wegovy in the US after rebates and fees paid to middlemen including #PBMs. https://ow.ly/KLZT50S0iPL https://ow.ly/KLZT50S0iPL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1795826606541340770)  2024-05-29T14:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Cencora previously known as Amerisource Bergen is notifying affected individuals that their personal and highly sensitive medical information was stolen during a cyberattack and data breach earlier this year. @FoxNews https://ow.ly/BgiJ50Sl0FO https://ow.ly/BgiJ50Sl0FO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1803109222697107531)  2024-06-18T16:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The simple fact of the matter is that people in Paris Texas shouldnt be paying much higher prices for Ozempic and Wegovy as people in Paris France. @Barronsonline https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/big-pharma-stocks-sell-off-as-biden-calls-for-lower-drug-prices/ar-BB1phCMoocid=finance-verthp-feeds https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/big-pharma-stocks-sell-off-as-biden-calls-for-lower-drug-prices/ar-BB1phCMoocid=finance-verthp-feeds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1808526177012731905)  2024-07-03T15:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🎆 🎂 Happy Birthday America We hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day APCI's offices are closed today for the holiday and will reopen for regular business hours at [--] a.m. on July 5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1808818238391763453)  2024-07-04T11:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


""Today's report details what we have been saying for years: #PBMs increase prescription prices for patients; cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year; and largely reimburse independent pharmacies below cost for medications forcing locally-owned pharmacies to shutter their doors and reduce access for patients across the country." https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apci-applauds-ftc-findings-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers-302192577.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apci-applauds-ftc-findings-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers-302192577.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1810780073420558514)  2024-07-09T20:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"UnitedHealth announced this morning that it made $15.8 billion in operating profits between the first of January and the end of June this year. That compares to $4.6 billion it made during the same period in [----]. https://ow.ly/laQX50SFi4e https://ow.ly/laQX50SFi4e"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1813950675262300657)  2024-07-18T14:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The environment calls on us to be proactive in communicating PBMs value though our industry negotiations to drive these results can at times create friction in the system Cordani said. @Healthcaredive https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cigna-aggressive-pharmacy-benefit-manager-defense/722638/ https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cigna-aggressive-pharmacy-benefit-manager-defense/722638/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1819403979236786671)  2024-08-02T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""COVID-19 was a stressful time for health care workers and we saw a lot exit the work force" Darren Covington Executive Vice President for the Indiana Pharmacy Association @wrtv https://ow.ly/LnHk50SQ3uY https://ow.ly/LnHk50SQ3uY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1819412918032531958)  2024-08-02T16:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"What appears to be significant savings for employers may result from artificially inflated prices allowing PBMs to claim credit for cost reductions while increasing their own profit margins and raising out-of-pocket costs for health plans members @Forbes https://ow.ly/bH1w50SU2L0 https://ow.ly/bH1w50SU2L0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1821591745232048309)  2024-08-08T16:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@DennisByron99 #PBMs receive approximately $50 billion in annual "rebates" from drug manufacturers in Part D. Returning [--] percent of that results in approximately $40 billion in savings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1821912154888359967)  2024-08-09T14:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Corporate #PBM middlemen charge patients & taxpayers 38000% more than acquisition cost for some specialty drugs. HR [----] the Pharmacists Fight Back Act ends PBM pricing games in federal healthcare plans. Call your U.S. Rep to urge them to co-sponsor. http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1823782092334854391)  2024-08-14T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Part D program depends on insurance companies paying their minimum share of drug costs. . Humana shirked its responsibility by telling the government that its plan would cover drug costs that Humana did not actually plan to cover. @courierjournal https://ow.ly/6sMA50T25kZ https://ow.ly/6sMA50T25kZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1825992507722784783)  2024-08-20T20:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Corporate #PBM middlemen charge patients & taxpayers 38000% more than acquisition cost for some specialty drugs. HR [----] the Pharmacists Fight Back Act ends PBM pricing games in federal healthcare plans. Call your U.S. Rep to urge them to co-sponsor. http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1827315060265382149)  2024-08-24T12:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"While the onslaught of biosimilar competition has led to a sizable decline in AbbVies Humira sales the originator's remaining 82% market share shows that supplanting the entrenched product won't be easy for the biosimilar marketers. @fiercepharma https://ow.ly/I3ch50T7vFY https://ow.ly/I3ch50T7vFY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1828523257210736707)  2024-08-27T20:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""These findings highlight how disparities compound the lack of access to basic health care and how it can lead to many people not taking their prescribed medications and having worse health outcomes" @medical_xpress https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-counties-pharmacy.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-counties-pharmacy.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1828802392579600654)  2024-08-28T14:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Inevitably it seems that the patients suffer said Zarina Jalal who is the supervising pharmacist at Lincoln Pharmacy. @WTEN https://www.news10.com/news/local-pharmacist-talks-about-operational-challenges/ https://www.news10.com/news/local-pharmacist-talks-about-operational-challenges/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1833506848349049199)  2024-09-10T14:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Comer threatened the CEOs with legal action including up to five years in prison and fines if they didn't walk back the alleged perjury. @HealthCareDive https://ow.ly/JoKN50TmQpF https://ow.ly/JoKN50TmQpF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1834594011098587506)  2024-09-13T14:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""The pharmacy benefit managers are fleecing independent pharmacists and consumers to the tune of billions of dollars every year" said U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop from Georgia. @WDRBNews https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-pharmacy-leader-joins-lawmakers-in-washington-in-pursuit-of-cheaper-prescription-costs/article_6efc72e8-76ae-11ef-9f24-e3d55b8cb806.html https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-pharmacy-leader-joins-lawmakers-in-washington-in-pursuit-of-cheaper-prescription-costs/article_6efc72e8-76ae-11ef-9f24-e3d55b8cb806.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1837160770221523385)  2024-09-20T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This rule allows the Arkansas Insurance Department to fine PBMs up to $5000 per violation of payments below the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) scale. @KARK4News https://ow.ly/uego50TrK9R https://ow.ly/uego50TrK9R"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1837166134354710754)  2024-09-20T16:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Almost 60% of beneficiaries will have zero-dollar premiums in [----] and 83% will have the same premiums or lower if they stay with their current plan including 20% who will see premiums fall. @Reuters https://ow.ly/m4Xb50TyPqL https://ow.ly/m4Xb50TyPqL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1840790011177820528)  2024-09-30T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Are we expected to believe that a #PBM regularly posting $1.3+B in quarterly is passing through all but less than 1% of their profit to patients Patients at Oregons pharmacy windows would be taken aback by this insult to their intelligence. @koinnews https://www.koin.com/news/health/oregon-pharmacy-benefit-managers-pass-on-less-than-1-of-drug-rebates-to-enrollees/ https://www.koin.com/news/health/oregon-pharmacy-benefit-managers-pass-on-less-than-1-of-drug-rebates-to-enrollees/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1844740804708909108)  2024-10-11T14:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My community needs a pharmacist. It is concerning to me that the residents dont have one here said New Lebanon Mayor David Nickerson. @cnbc https://ow.ly/IAwk50TJFby https://ow.ly/IAwk50TJFby"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1844752373173940611)  2024-10-11T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The simplest part of the problem is scale. CVS and Walgreens grew massive nationwide footprints of more than [----] and [----] stores respectively. They gobbled up mom-and-pop shops and signed long-term leases for prime locations on street corners. @NPR https://ow.ly/1f8i50TNxJ0 https://ow.ly/1f8i50TNxJ0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1846987095958544539)  2024-10-17T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"All of a sudden you went from making $20 to losing $80. @PennCapitalStar https://penncapital-star.com/health-care/pennsylvania-pharmacists-say-theyre-receiving-less-money-for-drugs-dispensed-to-medicaid-patients/ https://penncapital-star.com/health-care/pennsylvania-pharmacists-say-theyre-receiving-less-money-for-drugs-dispensed-to-medicaid-patients/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1846993390912602275)  2024-10-17T19:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"He found that the state lost 10% of its pharmacies between [----] - [----] and the decline is hitting independent pharmacies in rural communities harder than national chains. @AmesTribNews https://www.amestrib.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/10/17/taking-a-stand-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers/75662715007/ https://www.amestrib.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/10/17/taking-a-stand-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers/75662715007/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1846999672449036636)  2024-10-17T19:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Its (#PBMs) the only business I know that doesnt have a product doesnt sell a product really doesnt do any service except for being a conduit through which money flows and makes billions and billions of dollars. @WinStarVA https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/rx-for-success-winchesters-last-independent-drug-store-on-surviving-industry-challenges/article_d4492d7a-f72c-56de-98ff-6a72c24d70eb.html https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/rx-for-success-winchesters-last-independent-drug-store-on-surviving-industry-challenges/article_d4492d7a-f72c-56de-98ff-6a72c24d70eb.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1847308020419629479)  2024-10-18T16:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Health insurance companies would be required to cover all recommended OTC contraception products such as condoms spermicide and emergency contraception without a prescription and at no cost according to senior administration officials. @npr https://ow.ly/rh9j50TPLbH https://ow.ly/rh9j50TPLbH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1848400157441728577)  2024-10-21T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


""Research suggests that on average #PBMs lead to commercially-insured patients paying $6 more per prescription Medicare beneficiaries about $13 more and uninsured patients an additional $39 more per prescription." @BudgetHawks https://www.crfb.org/blogs/pbm-reform-horizon-pharmacy-benefit-manager https://www.crfb.org/blogs/pbm-reform-horizon-pharmacy-benefit-manager"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1849174004277338298)  2024-10-23T19:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#PBMs are like the mafia Bryant said. They pay us what they want to pay us. They are sucking all the money out of health care. @KFFHealthnews https://ow.ly/BrNY50TSwOm https://ow.ly/BrNY50TSwOm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1849453372325134741)  2024-10-24T14:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A lot of operators are closing up pharmacies as a result of that because it's hard to keep the lights on when you're getting paid less than your costs are @wkyc https://ow.ly/4QCn50TSxrl https://ow.ly/4QCn50TSxrl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1849523817950879880)  2024-10-24T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"No longer will our local pharmacies continue to lose money as they try to serve their community. This is a major win for local pharmacies and the people of Louisiana said Governor Jeff Landry. @Nolanewswire https://ow.ly/kOPr50TVlc5 https://ow.ly/kOPr50TVlc5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1851329461431468315)  2024-10-29T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Join us in Rayburn [----] for a discussion on the pressing issues of drug pricing with experts from both sides of the aisle to explore meaningful solutions to a problem impacting all Americans. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-partisan-drug-pricing-forum-tickets-1074272781809 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-partisan-drug-pricing-forum-tickets-1074272781809"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1854590069417374022)  2024-11-07T18:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RELEASE: APCI Hosts Congressional Leaders Expert Panel for Robust Bipartisan Discussion on the Pharmacists Fight Back Act and the Importance of Empowering Independent Pharmacies https://ow.ly/Xp4X50U8baR https://ow.ly/Xp4X50U8baR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1857499775219757188)  2024-11-15T19:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The lawsuit accuses Eli Lily and Co. Novo Nordisk and Sanofi of colluding with Express Scripts CVS Caremark and Optum Rx in inflating the price of insulin paid by the Oceanside Union Districts self-funded health plan. https://ow.ly/7tvV50UbVGA https://ow.ly/7tvV50UbVGA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1859694572839772194)  2024-11-21T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We hope your aisles are filled with shoppers today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1862874565757595956)  2024-11-30T15:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"We are the last independent pharmacy in Hartselle. We provide services no other pharmacy provides. If we do not remain in business healthcare will suffer in this area said Pruitt. @waff48 https://ow.ly/y0sV50Uj0vX https://ow.ly/y0sV50Uj0vX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1863674813329338537)  2024-12-02T20:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Recent reports including confidential files and information from CVS Caremark Express Scripts and Optum Rx suggests the three largest PBMs colluded and conspired to steer patients towards Oxycontin in exchange for $400 million. @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/IShK50Uk38h https://ow.ly/IShK50Uk38h"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1864013033506238467)  2024-12-03T18:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One entity has gained more control over the prescription drug industry than any other actor: pharmacy benefit managers or #PBMs. @harvardpolitics https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/hidden-cost-pbms-prescription-drug-prices/ https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/hidden-cost-pbms-prescription-drug-prices/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1864405613389746461)  2024-12-04T20:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Today we remember and honor the [----] Americans who were killed on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December [--] 1941"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1865411006161174711)  2024-12-07T15:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"By requiring #PBMs to pass along a significant portion of these savings at the pharmacy counter we can directly reduce out-of-pocket costs for those struggling to afford their medications. @pdtnews365 https://ow.ly/VNuV50UoiMl https://ow.ly/VNuV50UoiMl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1866519550176411896)  2024-12-10T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Tired: Spotify Wrapped Wired: Lawmakers' [----] Greatest Hits on #PBM Reform Check it out here: https://bit.ly/pbm-greatest-hits-2024 https://bit.ly/pbm-greatest-hits-2024"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1866555019060805999)  2024-12-10T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Express Scripts doesnt even pay us for what we pay for the medication so we are sending the medications out at a loss. https://ow.ly/crLb50Up5h4 https://ow.ly/crLb50Up5h4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1866936082736067001)  2024-12-11T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) expressed concern that CVS prevents independent pharmacies from participating in hub arrangements because the company wants to head off potential competition. https://ow.ly/C0ZQ50UqMzm https://ow.ly/C0ZQ50UqMzm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1867599138252087345)  2024-12-13T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Dont forget to set out the milk and cookies for Santa Claus tonight APCI Offices are closed today December [--] and tomorrow December [--] for the Christmas Holiday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1871556536562053454)  2024-12-24T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Utah alleges UnitedHealth Group Express Scripts and their subsidiaries helped quadruple the number of opioids sold in the U.S. which led to a tripling of the number of Utahns who died from prescription opioid overdose. https://ow.ly/2LkB50Uxi9j https://ow.ly/2LkB50Uxi9j"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1872673897000149475)  2024-12-27T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nashville is known as "The Music City" for good reason; but there's so much more to Nashville than country music Join APCI for a fantastic weekend March 20-23 at the [----] APCI Annual Convention and Stockholders Meeting in downtown Nashville https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1872704076195987610)  2024-12-27T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Big [--] #PBMs affiliated pharmacies generated over $7.3 billion of dispensing revenue in excess of their estimated acquisition cost as measured by the NADAC on specialty generic drugs over the study period. @FTC https://ow.ly/ITFL50UGn9O https://ow.ly/ITFL50UGn9O"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1879240957134016897)  2025-01-14T18:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#PBMs do not lower the cost of medications Crane said. They dont increase the availability. What they are doing is closing our independent pharmacies. https://ow.ly/f2ty50ULQuw https://ow.ly/f2ty50ULQuw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1882470899363746082)  2025-01-23T16:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The suits accuse the huge companies of conspiring to raise the cost of the lifesaving medicines in order to boost their profits. https://ow.ly/aIIb50ULQP2 https://ow.ly/aIIb50ULQP2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1882489775594037586)  2025-01-23T18:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Medicare drug price negotiations are "structured in a way that will force many independent pharmacies out of the Medicare Part D program. Drug costs may come down but there will be a shortage of pharmacies to dispense medicine. @Drug_Topics https://ow.ly/GMHb50URaLi https://ow.ly/GMHb50URaLi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1885388255006204159)  2025-01-31T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nashville is known as "The Music City" for good reason; but there's so much more to Nashville than country music Join APCI for a fantastic weekend March 20-23 at the [----] APCI Annual Convention and Stockholders Meeting in downtown Nashville https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1886822331181412413)  2025-02-04T17:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Compounders had been allowed to produce and sell hundreds of thousands of their own versions of popular anti-obesity drugs so long as the FDA considered them in shortage. @thehill https://ow.ly/bSjI50VcEKW https://ow.ly/bSjI50VcEKW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1898071956060086511)  2025-03-07T18:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"APCI applauds the [--] cosponsors of SB [---] who reached across the aisle to introduce bipartisan #PBM reform in the state Senate this afternoon Alabama will be better for your work THANK YOU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1902134626488889650)  2025-03-18T23:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Unfortunately due to significant challenges in the pharmacy industry particularly those caused by #PBMs we are deeply saddened to announce that our Waunakee location will be closing its doors on May 14th the message said. @WaunakeeTribune https://ow.ly/KcES50VFqSU https://ow.ly/KcES50VFqSU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1914711645663760558)  2025-04-22T16:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Anderson says she will miss seeing so many familiar faces that I have come to know as friends over the last [--] years. https://ow.ly/TTo250VFqZ5 https://ow.ly/TTo250VFqZ5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1914717136041214135)  2025-04-22T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"According to the Iowa Pharmacy Association out of all the states that have passed #PBM reform there has not been an increase of insurance premium prices for patients. @kcautv https://ow.ly/pY7T50VJGSi https://ow.ly/pY7T50VJGSi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1917278123948654740)  2025-04-29T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Starting July [--] Caremark will prioritize Wegovy on its formularies or lists of covered drugs making it the preferred GLP-1 drug for obesity. @cnbc https://ow.ly/zCLx50VLkSW https://ow.ly/zCLx50VLkSW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1917984912096772499)  2025-05-01T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says #PBMs have gone from being useful administrative service providers to behemoths that control the pharmaceutical industry at the expense of patients and independent pharmacies. https://ow.ly/Ahk250VTSUX https://ow.ly/Ahk250VTSUX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1923378832540651798)  2025-05-16T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"While most industries would relish the opportunity to pick up a competitors customer base the sometimes upside down margins of prescription medication sales for many pharmacies can crush their businesses. @hsuniontown https://ow.ly/LvWk50VVAPJ https://ow.ly/LvWk50VVAPJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1924930685644476833)  2025-05-20T20:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This really restricts the ability of PBMs to extract large amounts of money out of the prescription drug system state Sen. Dave Koehler D-Peoria the bills chief Senate sponsor. https://ow.ly/c3Uv50W2zHV https://ow.ly/c3Uv50W2zHV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1929599381390454918)  2025-06-02T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Neither Novo Nordisk nor Amgen whose psoriasis and arthritis drug Otezla is up for negotiation would comment on the bargaining process other than to confirm that they had received opening offers. https://ow.ly/g8Fk50W4S0t https://ow.ly/g8Fk50W4S0t"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1930692392438423817)  2025-06-05T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The SHP is evaluating its options to recover money it says CVS Caremark owes as well as its future relationship with the insurer. @theobserver https://ow.ly/Kzjo50W6hJk https://ow.ly/Kzjo50W6hJk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1932141942134968478)  2025-06-09T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The first lawsuit was filed by CVS Health Corporation the second by Express Scripts. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) has now filed the third lawsuit. @KATVNews https://ow.ly/6LhR50W701W https://ow.ly/6LhR50W701W"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1932480423289872825)  2025-06-10T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Legislation is pending in Albany called the Patient Access to Pharmacies Act. It helps alleviate some of the marketplace's pressures that led to Rite Aid's bankruptcy. Pharmacists hope to see this bill passed before the legislative session ends. @WKBW https://ow.ly/1rq450W7H1U https://ow.ly/1rq450W7H1U"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1932800981646868759)  2025-06-11T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Headed to Little Rock for the Arkansas Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting Be sure to stop by the APCI booth Thursday evening and Friday to learn what makes APCI so much more than a buying group. APCI offers programs that are way beyond just your profit and loss statement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1932860768640208918)  2025-06-11T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Right now pharmacies across Ohio are getting paid less than it costs to buy the medication (by #PBMs) and safely fill a prescription. Were losing resources on the very thing were here to doprovide patients with access to medication. https://ow.ly/HtmJ50Wa0Wu https://ow.ly/HtmJ50Wa0Wu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1934612633254088831)  2025-06-16T14:02Z [----] followers, 300.8K engagements


"VanderHouwen described one instance where she filled three of her own prescriptions and was reimbursed just [--] cents. My husband's employer who holds the insurance was billed $161 for those prescriptions she said. And I received [--] cents. @KREM2 https://ow.ly/zHQu50Wci4h https://ow.ly/zHQu50Wci4h"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1935729913987784789)  2025-06-19T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"CVS Pharmacys mass text message yesterday is the exact reason we need HB [---] to pass. Abusing patients sensitive information to push a political message is completely unethical and manipulative and we will not stand for it. @wdsu https://ow.ly/Z1vf50WcicI https://ow.ly/Z1vf50WcicI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1935735628374630776)  2025-06-19T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"National Ice Cream Soda Day is an annual celebration that honors one of America's favorite sweet treats. The origins of the ice cream soda can be traced back to the late 19th century when it first became popular in soda fountains across the country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1936061660688465933)  2025-06-20T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"They dont know me now when I call there he said. Im on hold a long time. @SFGate https://ow.ly/MC4m50WfqlZ https://ow.ly/MC4m50WfqlZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1937523676007505934)  2025-06-24T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This month CVS went too far by sending a politically charged and unethical message to its customers and we wont let that go unanswered Landry said. @WGNOtv https://ow.ly/SeNB50Wg6H2 https://ow.ly/SeNB50Wg6H2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1937934408532587001)  2025-06-25T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Relator has proven damages with reasonable certainty Judge Goldberg wrote emphasizing that Caremarks conduct resulted in inflated Part D drug prices and distorted CMS reimbursements. @RealUSAHerald https://ow.ly/YTLE50WgMzs https://ow.ly/YTLE50WgMzs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1938266653684359588)  2025-06-26T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""They're paid less than their acquisition cost for the drug (by #PBMs) and that doesn't even take into account the overhead and all that sort of stuff." @kiii3news https://ow.ly/yAer50WgNhF https://ow.ly/yAer50WgNhF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1938311587879583823)  2025-06-26T19:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""They say to be polite the service is terrible because they don't have enough help - they don't have enough pharmacists." @kmoxnews https://ow.ly/C9CY50WhtPu https://ow.ly/C9CY50WhtPu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1938647324160401713)  2025-06-27T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Its a really sad situation she said. To take away one of the biggest lifelines for people and then not have anyone to ask for help its a very scary situation. @PittsburghPG https://ow.ly/C7cV50WilO4 https://ow.ly/C7cV50WilO4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1939686065465352483)  2025-06-30T14:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The problem as we detailed in that first piece is the fact pharmacy benefit managers dont provide full payments. In other words a medication could cost $600 to buy and the #PBM decides that the pharmacy will only be reimbursed $525 for it. https://ow.ly/xaSp50Wknb6 https://ow.ly/xaSp50Wknb6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1940803269745336671)  2025-07-03T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#PBMs are directed to provide fair reimbursement rates to pharmacies taking in displaced patients and to avoid policies that steer patients toward specific providers or mail-order optionspractices that are prohibited under Delaware law. @milfordlive https://ow.ly/bjVz50WlEK5 https://ow.ly/bjVz50WlEK5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1942228408546549919)  2025-07-07T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"But Kentucky insurance officials insist that the ERISA prevents it from enforcing some other provisions of the law affecting commercial health insurance plans including limiting the ability of PBMs to steer prescriptions to their own entities. https://ow.ly/RH4b50WlEUF https://ow.ly/RH4b50WlEUF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1942234698790347230)  2025-07-07T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


""This is the moment for attorneys to defeat #PBMs in court win justice for patients and redefine healthcare transparency." https://ow.ly/MP2B50WolEI https://ow.ly/MP2B50WolEI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1943702435605668242)  2025-07-11T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Zepbound's meteoric rise is facing a new obstacle: a coverage change by CVS a leading pharmacy benefit manager (#PBM) that may force patients to pay significantly more out-of-pocket or consider alternative therapies. https://ow.ly/vz8a50WolP8 https://ow.ly/vz8a50WolP8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1943714453192602039)  2025-07-11T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In recent months UnitedHealth has undertaken an aggressive and wide-ranging campaign to quiet critics. The company has targeted traditional journalists and news outlets a prominent investor a Texas doctor and activists. https://ow.ly/nBTq50Wpe3g https://ow.ly/nBTq50Wpe3g"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1944769059981087212)  2025-07-14T14:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""#PBMs consistently are reimbursing us below our costs and this has led us to turn away business sign non-negotiable contracts be subjected to outrageous audits and struggle to keep our heads above water." https://ow.ly/sC8A50Wpee5 https://ow.ly/sC8A50Wpee5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1944825520161452485)  2025-07-14T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"While some employers have covered GLP-1s hoping for long-term health savings rising prices are forcing a rethink: "Some employers facing big cost increases in [----] may feel this coverage is out of reach." https://ow.ly/1UPE50Wqztg https://ow.ly/1UPE50Wqztg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1945544393097642005)  2025-07-16T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Delaware Department of Insurance recently issued new requirements for health insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) that aim to expedite prescription refills and transfers. https://ow.ly/1CRO50WqA3r https://ow.ly/1CRO50WqA3r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1945556592197353924)  2025-07-16T18:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The program - which would bypass traditional #PBMs and insurers - offers a 43% discount from the list price reducing the monthly cost from $606 to $346. But it would still cost more than [--] times the average cost paid by commercially insured patients. https://ow.ly/QQOa50WrP5B https://ow.ly/QQOa50WrP5B"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1946209202591936663)  2025-07-18T14:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The lawsuit says that since [----] Optum Rx charged the union health plan $4381075 for [----] claims for weight loss drugs that were not supposed to be covered. https://ow.ly/VACM50WrPfu https://ow.ly/VACM50WrPfu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1946239139789103583)  2025-07-18T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"But as long as pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) are allowed to both set the reimbursement rate and steer patients to their own pharmacies well never have the chance to compete fairly. https://ow.ly/bsxL50WtiXm https://ow.ly/bsxL50WtiXm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1947670528396845360)  2025-07-22T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Revenue from its Evernorth healthcare services unit which includes Cignas pharmacy benefit management (#PBM) business rose 17% to $57.83 billion during the quarter. @1470WMBD https://ow.ly/bHm450WxZ11 https://ow.ly/bHm450WxZ11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1950920102469103859)  2025-07-31T14:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"When there's only three #PBMs that control [--] percent of the prescriptionsand one of those three controls over [--] percent of the commercial claims in Arkansasthat is a monopoly. @KATVNews https://ow.ly/iBLZ50WxZf9 https://ow.ly/iBLZ50WxZf9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1950932018558071149)  2025-07-31T14:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"As #PBMs increasingly act in their own self-interest without transparency or accountability drug prices rise and patients face health risks from cost prohibitive drug treatments. https://ow.ly/Jxmt50WzrLE https://ow.ly/Jxmt50WzrLE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1952399723001745642)  2025-08-04T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Congress must demand rebate transparency end #PBMs perverse financial incentives and ensure that 340B discounts help the patients they were intended to serve." https://ow.ly/KjNO50Wzs10 https://ow.ly/KjNO50Wzs10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1952418054358356256)  2025-08-04T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Patients should not be contingent on an airplane or a FedEx truck. They should be able to access pharmacies in real time. https://ow.ly/c6wg50WA3i0 https://ow.ly/c6wg50WA3i0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1952767906820833562)  2025-08-05T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"One prescription they paid Express Scripts $213.60. And for the same prescription the reimbursement to my pharmacy was [--] cents. https://ow.ly/8RIM50WA3rS https://ow.ly/8RIM50WA3rS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1952780442861482366)  2025-08-05T17:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The lawsuit contends Sanofi Eli Lilly Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca schemed in [----] to limit discounts on diabetes drugs that were available to safety-net providers purchasing drugs from some pharmacies through the federal 340B program. https://ow.ly/q3bq50WBnxX https://ow.ly/q3bq50WBnxX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1953498938692022411)  2025-08-07T16:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On his last day on the job at Steve's Drugs retiring pharmacist Tom Arnold said it has been the great joy of his career to work for an independent pharmacy in a small town. I never wanted to work for a chain I wanted flexibility. Ive had the flexibility to really help people. https://ow.ly/Bjnz50WBnUM https://ow.ly/Bjnz50WBnUM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1953505220287225906)  2025-08-07T17:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The suggestion that independent pharmacies lack the capacity to fill gaps left by #PBM-owned pharmacies ignores the reality that independent pharmacies are often the only health care providers in rural areas. @NOLAnews https://ow.ly/oafH50WFf8g https://ow.ly/oafH50WFf8g"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1955691267553173636)  2025-08-13T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The new complaint filed this month asserts that CVS Caremark devastated Rite Aid by overcharging an estimated $500 million in fraudulent clawback penalties fees that CVS Caremark demanded long after drug prescriptions were filled. @jacobin https://ow.ly/BKpI50WPyUK https://ow.ly/BKpI50WPyUK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1962878821419401419)  2025-09-02T14:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It appears CVS Healths use of protected patient information for the purposes of political advocacy may represent a violation of HIPAA. @BeckersASC https://ow.ly/BsB650WRTnR https://ow.ly/BsB650WRTnR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1963977983313465836)  2025-09-05T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The imperfect choices these patients face are a heightened version of what many providers navigate daily in the US health care system where critical decisions are too often made not by doctors in consultation with their patients but behind closed doors between drug manufacturers and the middlemen (#PBMs) who negotiate prices on behalf of employers. @adndotcom https://ow.ly/LzNY50WT7qk https://ow.ly/LzNY50WT7qk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1965053354565841404)  2025-09-08T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The settlement also includes strengthened contract language that requires Caremark to report and remit all rebates collected to the state plan on a quarterly basis ensuring greater transparency and accountability as well as maximum benefits to the state employee health plan for the life of the contract. https://ow.ly/RFet50WUvau https://ow.ly/RFet50WUvau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1965838141580796296)  2025-09-10T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Employers themselves are at the mercy of entities that have even more market power: Drug companies pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) hospitals and others have collectively driven up the costs of accessing medical care in the United States. https://ow.ly/E3FU50WVMll https://ow.ly/E3FU50WVMll"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1966502988022768056)  2025-09-12T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"CVS's long-term care pharmacy unit Omnicare is filing bankruptcy because it defrauded the US Government. @Reuters https://ow.ly/Pt6G50X0OC5 https://ow.ly/Pt6G50X0OC5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1970519152705077608)  2025-09-23T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Lots of questions and few answers on drug tariffs. Only time will tell just how this will affect prescription prices. https://ow.ly/63qb50X3B4c https://ow.ly/63qb50X3B4c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1972693338168946960)  2025-09-29T16:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Every independent pharmacy owner can relate to this story. The fight to keep afloat and the value to the lives of patients is evident in every store. https://ow.ly/33Et50X4W6g https://ow.ly/33Et50X4W6g"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1973393773951410425)  2025-10-01T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Pharmacists are trusted health care professionals and are the most accessible. Great to see an independent pharmacist sharing tips on tv @WFMY https://ow.ly/ZE2P50X7Ku4 https://ow.ly/ZE2P50X7Ku4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1975574386141696113)  2025-10-07T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Drug manufacturers Teva and Johnson & Johnson are joining distributors McKesson AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health in a settlement offer before a landmark opioid trial is slated to begin on Monday. @Reuters http://ow.ly/OO3630pJA47 http://ow.ly/OO3630pJA47"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1184922263293956096)  2019-10-17T20:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A proposal also called for distributors McKesson Corp. Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen to pay a combined $18 billion. @Reuters http://ow.ly/OY4630reUL0 http://ow.ly/OY4630reUL0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1316511611960647680)  2020-10-14T22:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I expect #PBM licensees to follow the law not operate on the fringes of regulatory compliance. @DuncanBanner http://ow.ly/GUow50NzRp4 http://ow.ly/GUow50NzRp4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1643268526671577092)  2023-04-04T15:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Rep. Khanna: It is like lawyers are writing your statements. https://ow.ly/BmHb50SJfTP https://ow.ly/BmHb50SJfTP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1816172217685651798)  2024-07-24T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"There is a simple way to fix these issues: Require complete and total transparency of #PBM business practices and require them to act in a free open market by reimbursing all pharmacies the same. @1819News https://ow.ly/OM2u50UZnIR https://ow.ly/OM2u50UZnIR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1890099268477686133)  2025-02-13T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The FDAs drug shortage list now states that as of Feb. [--] [----] the shortages of Ozempic and Wegovy injections are over. The shortages were first declared in August [----]. @thehill https://ow.ly/jGuk50V5k3a https://ow.ly/jGuk50V5k3a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1894073620562858409)  2025-02-24T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""The violations in this case were both deliberate and egregious" https://ow.ly/EEGL50WmZ9a https://ow.ly/EEGL50WmZ9a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1942953190565064761)  2025-07-09T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Rhode Island independent pharmacy owner lays out just how #PBMs are harming his business and his patients. Another voice calling for #PBMReform. @RhodyBeat https://ow.ly/48GS50Xct0L https://ow.ly/48GS50Xct0L"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1978884073864024187)  2025-10-16T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Some insight into Cigna's shift to eliminate drug rebates. Does Cigna (Express Scripts) see the writing on the wall Is this a premptive attempt to avoid regulation @InvezzPortal https://ow.ly/BJpW50Xj0Ts https://ow.ly/BJpW50Xj0Ts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1983172674642718782)  2025-10-28T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#PBMs got another one. Independent pharmacy in Wisconsin closes due to #PBM reimbursement issues. @wrtribune https://ow.ly/mTl350XkW7Z https://ow.ly/mTl350XkW7Z"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1984274640101892409)  2025-10-31T15:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Arkansas gets some legal help from multiple organizations in it's fight with the #PBMs over law banning PBMs from owning pharmacies in the state. @KATVNews https://ow.ly/4x9C50XnNsi https://ow.ly/4x9C50XnNsi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1986551715835867218)  2025-11-06T21:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Interesting fight between a drug manufacturer and #PBM. And who suffers the consequences Patients. https://ow.ly/h9Rk50Xqwx3 https://ow.ly/h9Rk50Xqwx3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1988689555055091851)  2025-11-12T19:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Check out the latest edition of the APCI PBM Reform Podcast Dr. Robert Popovian is a pharmacist and economist with a deep background in research and public policy. In this episode we have a nuanced discussion on policy impacting pharmacy including PBMs President Trumps Most Favored Nation Executive Order Rebates and insurance premiums. https://ow.ly/h34750XrixL https://ow.ly/h34750XrixL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1989051944548040721)  2025-11-13T19:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"More pricing news regarding GLP-1s for cash customers. Prices continue to drop. @CNN https://ow.ly/5FWM50XtvJS https://ow.ly/5FWM50XtvJS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1990818580556841307)  2025-11-18T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Independent pharmacies in West Virginia are fighting for survival against #PBMs. @WVVA https://ow.ly/3tC750XvRkF https://ow.ly/3tC750XvRkF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1991915079382577173)  2025-11-21T17:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Congrats to APCI Member Dean L. Rogan Sr. on his IPhA Lifetime Achievement Award @thesouthern https://ow.ly/RK9j50Xygkl https://ow.ly/RK9j50Xygkl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1993723107958263967)  2025-11-26T16:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ohio patients are facing huge obstacles to obtain prescriptions with another independent chain closing several pharmacies thanks to #PBM tactics. https://ow.ly/ZQEi50Xy7su https://ow.ly/ZQEi50Xy7su"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1993741985702711689)  2025-11-26T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In one of the most rural states in the country pharmacy deserts continue to grow as small chains and independent pharmacies close their doors due to #PBM reimbursement games. @WVMetroNews https://ow.ly/1ckv50XA2OQ https://ow.ly/1ckv50XA2OQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1995602604303196448)  2025-12-01T21:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Bipartisan Senate bill filed for #PBMReform. If your senator is not one of the 20+ listed make some calls. https://gorgenewscenter.com/2025/12/04/wyden-crapo-introduce-bipartisan-pharmacy-benefit-manager-legislation/ https://gorgenewscenter.com/2025/12/04/wyden-crapo-introduce-bipartisan-pharmacy-benefit-manager-legislation/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1997033540731490514)  2025-12-05T20:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Oklahoma is holding CVS accountable for not following its #PBMReform law. @KSWO_7NEWS https://ow.ly/8Egu50XGhN6 https://ow.ly/8Egu50XGhN6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1998428734924165423)  2025-12-09T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"According to the lawsuit a #PBM put profits over patients and the general public health. @790KFGO https://ow.ly/516350XGhZ1 https://ow.ly/516350XGhZ1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1998435022571786729)  2025-12-09T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This independent pharmacy only lasted a few months thanks to delayed and inadequate #PBM reimbursements. @McLeanCoNews https://ow.ly/2Fik50XHr6I https://ow.ly/2Fik50XHr6I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1999153511435542678)  2025-12-11T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Sen. Blackburn is calling out CVS for driving up health care costs. @InsNewsNet https://ow.ly/noF250XKjS9 https://ow.ly/noF250XKjS9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2000965448800624677)  2025-12-16T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Indiana is suing homegrown Eli Lilly over insulin pricing. @LouPubMedia https://ow.ly/VRgu50XSq2r https://ow.ly/VRgu50XSq2r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2008569729028337983)  2026-01-06T16:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Talk about smoke and mirrors. #PBMs find new ways to hide revenue and increase profits. Very indepth reporting and long article at this link. @hntrbrkmedia https://ow.ly/5y8O50XSHAi https://ow.ly/5y8O50XSHAi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2008652926294561193)  2026-01-06T21:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#PBMReform and drug pricing system changes are desperately needed for patients and independent pharmacies. Here's another voice to add to that call. @RealClearHealth https://ow.ly/CANn50XSW1q https://ow.ly/CANn50XSW1q"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2008962269409878040)  2026-01-07T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"An indepth look at the issues closing community pharmacies. Spoiler alert: #PBMs are a big one. @Forbes https://ow.ly/WwCc50XW9LI https://ow.ly/WwCc50XW9LI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2011112313600815136)  2026-01-13T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Even CVS is closing stores in San Francisco. @SFGate https://ow.ly/bQqY50XXYh1 https://ow.ly/bQqY50XXYh1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2012223855406837967)  2026-01-16T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Insulin is just the tip of the iceberg in #PBM drug pricing. @KMOV https://ow.ly/yQ8z50XZEVe https://ow.ly/yQ8z50XZEVe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2013340973724467480)  2026-01-19T20:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association launched a new tool to track closing pharmacies. @WENYTV https://ow.ly/iwcK50Y0Eom https://ow.ly/iwcK50Y0Eom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2014005650175516850)  2026-01-21T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"APCI members: Join Us for a Special Preview of the [----] APCI Annual Convention 📅 Wednesday February [--] [----] 🕛 [--] p.m. ET / Noon CT Join host Bruce Harris and APCI presenters Michele Schmidt and Jeff Church for a look at what attendees at this year's convention in Louisville Ky. can expect Click here to register: (Login required) https://ow.ly/39yY50Y0Ryc https://ow.ly/39yY50Y0Ryc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2014086383053213713)  2026-01-21T21:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Also on Friday in anticipation of its divestiture of Magellan Specialty Health Centene authorized a $2 billion stock buyback. @FierceHealth http://ow.ly/PUog50M7hWq http://ow.ly/PUog50M7hWq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1604900686134710287)  2022-12-19T18:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"CVS has implemented a cost-cutting program in the wake of its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health and its $10.6 billion purchase of Oak Street Health. Part of that effort calls for cutting [----] jobs. @CNBC https://ow.ly/su4c50PqQP9 https://ow.ly/su4c50PqQP9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1686751249650049024)  2023-08-02T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"CVS spent nearly $20 billion to pick up Signify Health and Oak Street Health last year. It then rebranded its health services business to "CVS Healthspire." @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/fR0650S45Ov https://ow.ly/fR0650S45Ov"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1796573341614018989)  2024-05-31T16:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A drop in the bucket for CVS. @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/Rs6J50XBlqT https://ow.ly/Rs6J50XBlqT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/1996248623168827769)  2025-12-03T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"US House committee report shows CVS may have violated anti-trust regulations. @thehill https://ow.ly/iUjh50Y1aqw https://ow.ly/iUjh50Y1aqw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2014367985448743215)  2026-01-22T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Missouri Legislature debated #PBMReform designed to lower prescription costs for patients. @CoMissourian https://ow.ly/vVme50Y1aO2 https://ow.ly/vVme50Y1aO2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2014380093204746649)  2026-01-22T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Colorado passed #PBMReform that went into effect on Jan. [--] but #PBMs are not complying. https://ow.ly/NEkM50Y4hP8 https://ow.ly/NEkM50Y4hP8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_APCI/status/2016180029273550903)  2026-01-27T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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Social topic influence money, cvs, business, rep, health, insurance, acquisition, health care, this is, we are

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @thehill @reuters @cnbc @fiercehealth @drugtopics @kffhealthnews @healthcaredive @forbes @ftc @katvnews @pittsburghpg @mstodaynews @mnreformer @ohiocapjournal @nbcnews @commpharmacy @beckershr @fox32news @theobserver @cnn

Top assets mentioned CVS Health Corp (CVS) Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) McKesson Corporation (MCK) Cencora, Inc. (COR) Spotify Technology (SPOT) Dave Inc. (DAVE) Sanofi (SNY)

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Happy American Pharmacists Month We're proud of the pharmacists at all our member pharmacies who go above and beyond to help their patients #APhM2019"
X Link 2019-10-01T17:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Merck & Co. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Bristol Myers Squibb have all filed lawsuits seeking to block the Medicare price negotiation program established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). @thehill"
X Link 2023-06-21T16:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Overall 32% of the patients were still taking the medicine for weight loss a year after their initial prescription. @Reuters"
X Link 2023-07-11T17:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"CVS Health has been able to achieve and abuse its power through a series of mergers and acquisitions. Had our existing antitrust laws such as the Clayton Act been enforced correctly this consolidation should never have been allowed. @MNReformer https://ow.ly/WnTJ50PmI67 https://ow.ly/WnTJ50PmI67"
X Link 2023-07-27T14:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"When Congress gavels back into session next month members have the opportunity to push meaningful bipartisan health care reforms over the finish line. @TheMessenger"
X Link 2023-08-14T15:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"It is quite often the case that #PBMs use previous audit findings along with newer audit findings to form a network termination basis even where the pharmacies paid back the discrepant amount." @Drug_Topics"
X Link 2023-08-25T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"In at least some cases the problem isnt that the companies owning big chains are losing money its that theyre not making enough to keep Wall Street happy. @OhioCapJournal"
X Link 2023-09-01T14:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Facing increasing pressure to pass along all the discounts they get from drugmakers back to their clients #PBMs have recently changed what that money is called in a way that makes it harder to trace. https://ow.ly/IBHe50PHQTq https://ow.ly/rozF50PHQTr https://ow.ly/IBHe50PHQTq https://ow.ly/rozF50PHQTr"
X Link 2023-09-05T14:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Two sources indicated the FDA is exploring the possibility of granting the boosters a full approval license instead of an emergency use authorization a departure from the approach used for previous Covid vaccine authorizations. @NBCNews"
X Link 2023-09-07T15:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Both the European Medicines Agency and the U.K.s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency are reviewing reports of self-injury and suicidal thoughts from people who took GLP-1 receptor agonists. @NBCNews"
X Link 2023-09-11T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The lawsuit claims that Caremark has been assessing pharmacy DIR fees in violation of federal antitrust laws and state laws governing contracts. @FormularyWatch"
X Link 2023-09-27T19:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""The #PBMs I just don't see them producing anything. They only produce red tape and bureaucracy." @thehill"
X Link 2023-09-28T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Having pharmacists and their staff practicing to the full scope of their license is incredibly important especially in health care deserts. @Drug_Topics"
X Link 2023-10-02T16:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Experts have said the heavily discounted versions of Humira may not be made widely available because they are unlikely to appeal to #PBMs. @Reuters"
X Link 2023-10-03T14:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The letter from CVS Caremark states the consumer's medications are being moved to a 90-day prescription supply program only being offered through CVS. @abc15"
X Link 2023-10-10T15:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Headed to Orlando for the @Commpharmacy annual convention Visit booth [---] to learn how APCI can help YOUR independent pharmacy"
X Link 2023-10-13T16:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Rite Aid filed for Chapter [--] bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Sunday and said it would begin restructuring to significantly reduce its debt. @CNBC"
X Link 2023-10-16T14:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Pharmacy staff from Walgreens are laying the groundwork for a nationwide walkout and multiple rallies at the end of October to protest unsatisfactory working conditions. @CNBC"
X Link 2023-10-16T15:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Greg Reybold director of healthcare policy for the American Pharmacy Cooperative called the proposed acquisition "chilling." @BeckersHR https://ow.ly/Teox50PZ28k https://ow.ly/Teox50PZ28k"
X Link 2023-10-20T17:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Employees at some of the largest drugstore chains in the United States staged a new series of walkouts across the country Monday to demand the companies fix what employees say are harsh working conditions"
X Link 2023-10-31T14:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"A group of "transparent" #PBMs has split off from the pack launching a six-figure digital media campaign to make the case that some of the widely criticized organizations provide value to the healthcare system"
X Link 2023-10-31T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Pharmacies are choosing to no longer stock these GLP-1 medicines because #PBMs are not necessarily paying commensurate with the actual value of the product let alone the service the pharmacy is offering." @fox32news https://ow.ly/L39l50Q7rXA https://ow.ly/L39l50Q7rXA"
X Link 2023-11-14T15:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The suit claims UnitedHealth's AI is making "rigid and unrealistic" determinations about what it takes for patients to recover from serious illnesses and denying them care that should be covered under Medicare Advantage plans. @USATODAY"
X Link 2023-11-20T15:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The North Carolina State Health Plan redacted documents on weight-loss drug pricing after the plan director said they faced pressure from their pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark. @theobserver"
X Link 2023-11-27T18:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"In [----] a 1.1-year increase brought overall life expectancy at birth to [----] years. But that offsets less than half of the [---] years of life lost in the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. @CNN"
X Link 2023-11-29T17:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The large and growing volume of private equity acquisitions of physician groups in recent years has raised mounting concerns about the impact on health costs quality of care and providers clinical autonomy. @KFFHealthNews"
X Link 2023-11-30T18:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"In fact the #PBM industry has long dodged reform precisely because it threatens to increase government spending on subsidies for the premiums charged by insurers which are part of the same corporate entities as the big PBMs. @InsideSourcesDC"
X Link 2023-12-13T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to [-----] for the week ending Dec. [--] up from [-----] the previous week according to data updated Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). @ABCNews"
X Link 2023-12-18T17:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"UnitedHealth created one vertically integrated conglomerate that determines which doctors hospitals and medications millions of Americans can access how much they pay and whether they will get coverage at all. @theprospect"
X Link 2023-12-20T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"In New York City there is a robust mom-and-pop pharmacy industry that could possibly pick up the slack created by chain pharmacy closures (paywall). @nytimes"
X Link 2023-12-26T15:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The suit accuses UnitedHealth Group UnitedHealthcare and Otpum Rx of forcing independent pharmacies to close by "unlawfully extracting huge sums of money" with #DIR fees. @BeckersHR"
X Link 2023-12-26T16:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"APCI members: Our Friday night entertainment for the [----] APCI Convention is a scenic cruise down the Savannah River aboard the iconic Georgia Queen riverboat We'll enjoy Southern cuisine live music DJ and karaoke Learn more & register today at 🚢🌅🎶"
X Link 2024-01-09T16:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Some [--] states plus New York City are experiencing "high or very high" levels of respiratory illness activity according to the CDC. Of those states [--] are experiencing "very high" activity. @ABCNews"
X Link 2024-01-09T17:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"House Study Bill [---] would require #PBMs to use the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) when determining what price to reimburse pharmacies for dispensing medications. @gazettedotcom https://ow.ly/E2Rb50QrKTr https://ow.ly/E2Rb50QrKTr"
X Link 2024-01-17T15:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"APCI members: Our Friday night entertainment for the [----] APCI Convention is a scenic cruise down the Savannah River aboard the iconic Georgia Queen riverboat We'll enjoy Southern cuisine live music DJ and karaoke Learn more & register today at 🚢🌅🎶"
X Link 2024-02-01T17:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The Johnson & Johnson case appears to be the first case brought by an employee against a major company alleging breach of ERISA fiduciary duty over mismanagement of health plan funds. @BLaw"
X Link 2024-02-09T20:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

""The pharmacy benefit managers are doing very well financially. The #PBMs do not want the status quo that works magnificently for them to change." @KATUNews"
X Link 2024-02-20T16:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Vermont has lost 75% of its independent pharmacies due in part to #PBMs reaping big profits while tightening the screws on the indies." Vermont Political Observer https://ow.ly/FX8Z50QGa6M https://ow.ly/FX8Z50QGa6M"
X Link 2024-02-21T16:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"You may have recently seen a graphic highlighting the discrepancies between what the Ga. state health plan pays independent pharmacies vs. chains. Here's what Ga. legislators have to say about it:"
X Link 2024-02-22T17:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The problems began on Wednesday after a "suspected nation-state associated cybersecurity threat actor" gained access to Change Healthcare's information technology systems UnitedHealth said in a filing on Thursday"
X Link 2024-02-23T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Persistent infections have long been a concern to COVID-19 researchers because people with prolonged infections tend to display a high number of viral mutations making them reservoirs of new variants. @CIDRAP"
X Link 2024-02-23T19:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"What were seeing really is pharmacies are getting paid less. Patients are . paying more for prescription drugs. So where is the discrepancy here Where is the money going @coalvalleynews"
X Link 2024-03-06T15:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I do think the DOJ is starting to wake up and see how vertical integration or vertical consolidation is affecting the healthcare industry. When you have an insurer buying physician practices or hospitals theyre paying themselves. @medcitynews"
X Link 2024-03-18T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"We are kicking off #APCI2024 in Savannah with some words from former Atlanta Braves great Sid Bream"
X Link 2024-03-22T12:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Surescripts is said to be looking for a private equity buyer so it can maintain its neutrality for its #PBM and pharmacy owners according to the report. @SeekingAlpha https://ow.ly/S14650R7wgR https://ow.ly/S14650R7wgR"
X Link 2024-04-03T15:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"We are still desperately struggling said Emily Benson a therapist in Edina Minnesota who runs her own practice. This was way more devastating than covid ever was. @KFFHealthNews https://ow.ly/kavL50Rle2i https://ow.ly/kavL50Rle2i"
X Link 2024-04-22T14:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"UnitedHealth said it has determined that the cyberthreat actors accessed files containing protected health information that could cover a substantial proportion of people in America. @CNBC https://ow.ly/u1jN50RmeNt https://ow.ly/u1jN50RmeNt"
X Link 2024-04-23T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Too many Ohio independent pharmacies have been forced to close their doors largely because #PBMs impose unfair and inadequate compensation for the prescription medications dispensed." @DispatchAlerts https://ow.ly/pkqm50RsvIZ https://ow.ly/pkqm50RsvIZ"
X Link 2024-04-30T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Theyve grown too big for this countrys good and for their own good. Success for UnitedHealth is return for investors. @washingtonpost https://ow.ly/7njc50Rsw9a https://ow.ly/7njc50Rsw9a"
X Link 2024-04-30T15:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sent warning letters to [--] drugmakers taking issue with patents on popular drugs for weight loss diabetes asthma and other reparatory conditions. @AP https://ow.ly/xxgG50RtYEu https://ow.ly/xxgG50RtYEu"
X Link 2024-05-01T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""UnitedHealth's steady accumulation of influence and wealth has left our health system less humane less secure and less competitive." @TimesTelegram https://ow.ly/9mMW50RtYTc https://ow.ly/9mMW50RtYTc"
X Link 2024-05-01T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"A Glass-Steagall for health care would recognize that the vertical consolidation of insurers and direct health providers creates inherent conflicts and risks including cybersecurity of one company being on both sides of this relationship. @thehill https://ow.ly/ugG650RuVC7 https://ow.ly/ugG650RuVC7"
X Link 2024-05-02T16:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Youre now in a position to jack up prices squeeze competitors hide revenues and pressure doctors to put profits ahead of patients. #UnitedHealth is a monopoly on steroids. @thehill https://ow.ly/2Wwa50RuWnF https://ow.ly/2Wwa50RuWnF"
X Link 2024-05-02T16:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Big Insurers have been on a buying spree with the goal of controlling as much of the health system as possible and its resulted in record profits. But for patients doctors and pharmacists its been a nightmare. @dcexaminer https://ow.ly/bpni50RBRre https://ow.ly/bpni50RBRre"
X Link 2024-05-10T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"#PBMs' undue influence over drug pricing "has resulted in unjustifiable increases in prescription drug costs burdening patients already grappling with challenges in accessing essential medications." @RioGGuardian https://ow.ly/qVlF50RBRVr https://ow.ly/qVlF50RBRVr"
X Link 2024-05-10T15:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The CEOs of the six major national insurers earned a combined $122970614 in total compensation in [----]. At the top of that list was UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty who brought home about $23.5 million. @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/Rzie50RNvgV https://ow.ly/Rzie50RNvgV"
X Link 2024-05-20T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Rite Aid is now close to a final deal with its lenders and expects to seek court approval of its bankruptcy restructuring in late June. https://ow.ly/qtIE50RYoZo https://ow.ly/qtIE50RYoZo"
X Link 2024-05-28T15:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Novo Nordisk A/S said it retains about 60% of the list price of Ozempic and Wegovy in the US after rebates and fees paid to middlemen including #PBMs. https://ow.ly/KLZT50S0iPL https://ow.ly/KLZT50S0iPL"
X Link 2024-05-29T14:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Cencora previously known as Amerisource Bergen is notifying affected individuals that their personal and highly sensitive medical information was stolen during a cyberattack and data breach earlier this year. @FoxNews https://ow.ly/BgiJ50Sl0FO https://ow.ly/BgiJ50Sl0FO"
X Link 2024-06-18T16:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The simple fact of the matter is that people in Paris Texas shouldnt be paying much higher prices for Ozempic and Wegovy as people in Paris France. @Barronsonline https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/big-pharma-stocks-sell-off-as-biden-calls-for-lower-drug-prices/ar-BB1phCMoocid=finance-verthp-feeds https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/big-pharma-stocks-sell-off-as-biden-calls-for-lower-drug-prices/ar-BB1phCMoocid=finance-verthp-feeds"
X Link 2024-07-03T15:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"🎆 🎂 Happy Birthday America We hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day APCI's offices are closed today for the holiday and will reopen for regular business hours at [--] a.m. on July 5"
X Link 2024-07-04T11:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

""Today's report details what we have been saying for years: #PBMs increase prescription prices for patients; cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year; and largely reimburse independent pharmacies below cost for medications forcing locally-owned pharmacies to shutter their doors and reduce access for patients across the country." https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apci-applauds-ftc-findings-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers-302192577.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apci-applauds-ftc-findings-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers-302192577.html"
X Link 2024-07-09T20:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"UnitedHealth announced this morning that it made $15.8 billion in operating profits between the first of January and the end of June this year. That compares to $4.6 billion it made during the same period in [----]. https://ow.ly/laQX50SFi4e https://ow.ly/laQX50SFi4e"
X Link 2024-07-18T14:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The environment calls on us to be proactive in communicating PBMs value though our industry negotiations to drive these results can at times create friction in the system Cordani said. @Healthcaredive https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cigna-aggressive-pharmacy-benefit-manager-defense/722638/ https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cigna-aggressive-pharmacy-benefit-manager-defense/722638/"
X Link 2024-08-02T16:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""COVID-19 was a stressful time for health care workers and we saw a lot exit the work force" Darren Covington Executive Vice President for the Indiana Pharmacy Association @wrtv https://ow.ly/LnHk50SQ3uY https://ow.ly/LnHk50SQ3uY"
X Link 2024-08-02T16:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"What appears to be significant savings for employers may result from artificially inflated prices allowing PBMs to claim credit for cost reductions while increasing their own profit margins and raising out-of-pocket costs for health plans members @Forbes https://ow.ly/bH1w50SU2L0 https://ow.ly/bH1w50SU2L0"
X Link 2024-08-08T16:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@DennisByron99 #PBMs receive approximately $50 billion in annual "rebates" from drug manufacturers in Part D. Returning [--] percent of that results in approximately $40 billion in savings"
X Link 2024-08-09T14:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Corporate #PBM middlemen charge patients & taxpayers 38000% more than acquisition cost for some specialty drugs. HR [----] the Pharmacists Fight Back Act ends PBM pricing games in federal healthcare plans. Call your U.S. Rep to urge them to co-sponsor. http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back"
X Link 2024-08-14T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The Part D program depends on insurance companies paying their minimum share of drug costs. . Humana shirked its responsibility by telling the government that its plan would cover drug costs that Humana did not actually plan to cover. @courierjournal https://ow.ly/6sMA50T25kZ https://ow.ly/6sMA50T25kZ"
X Link 2024-08-20T20:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Corporate #PBM middlemen charge patients & taxpayers 38000% more than acquisition cost for some specialty drugs. HR [----] the Pharmacists Fight Back Act ends PBM pricing games in federal healthcare plans. Call your U.S. Rep to urge them to co-sponsor. http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back http://bit.ly/pharmacists-fight-back"
X Link 2024-08-24T12:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"While the onslaught of biosimilar competition has led to a sizable decline in AbbVies Humira sales the originator's remaining 82% market share shows that supplanting the entrenched product won't be easy for the biosimilar marketers. @fiercepharma https://ow.ly/I3ch50T7vFY https://ow.ly/I3ch50T7vFY"
X Link 2024-08-27T20:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""These findings highlight how disparities compound the lack of access to basic health care and how it can lead to many people not taking their prescribed medications and having worse health outcomes" @medical_xpress https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-counties-pharmacy.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-counties-pharmacy.html"
X Link 2024-08-28T14:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Inevitably it seems that the patients suffer said Zarina Jalal who is the supervising pharmacist at Lincoln Pharmacy. @WTEN https://www.news10.com/news/local-pharmacist-talks-about-operational-challenges/ https://www.news10.com/news/local-pharmacist-talks-about-operational-challenges/"
X Link 2024-09-10T14:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Comer threatened the CEOs with legal action including up to five years in prison and fines if they didn't walk back the alleged perjury. @HealthCareDive https://ow.ly/JoKN50TmQpF https://ow.ly/JoKN50TmQpF"
X Link 2024-09-13T14:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""The pharmacy benefit managers are fleecing independent pharmacists and consumers to the tune of billions of dollars every year" said U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop from Georgia. @WDRBNews https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-pharmacy-leader-joins-lawmakers-in-washington-in-pursuit-of-cheaper-prescription-costs/article_6efc72e8-76ae-11ef-9f24-e3d55b8cb806.html https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-pharmacy-leader-joins-lawmakers-in-washington-in-pursuit-of-cheaper-prescription-costs/article_6efc72e8-76ae-11ef-9f24-e3d55b8cb806.html"
X Link 2024-09-20T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This rule allows the Arkansas Insurance Department to fine PBMs up to $5000 per violation of payments below the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) scale. @KARK4News https://ow.ly/uego50TrK9R https://ow.ly/uego50TrK9R"
X Link 2024-09-20T16:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Almost 60% of beneficiaries will have zero-dollar premiums in [----] and 83% will have the same premiums or lower if they stay with their current plan including 20% who will see premiums fall. @Reuters https://ow.ly/m4Xb50TyPqL https://ow.ly/m4Xb50TyPqL"
X Link 2024-09-30T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Are we expected to believe that a #PBM regularly posting $1.3+B in quarterly is passing through all but less than 1% of their profit to patients Patients at Oregons pharmacy windows would be taken aback by this insult to their intelligence. @koinnews https://www.koin.com/news/health/oregon-pharmacy-benefit-managers-pass-on-less-than-1-of-drug-rebates-to-enrollees/ https://www.koin.com/news/health/oregon-pharmacy-benefit-managers-pass-on-less-than-1-of-drug-rebates-to-enrollees/"
X Link 2024-10-11T14:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"My community needs a pharmacist. It is concerning to me that the residents dont have one here said New Lebanon Mayor David Nickerson. @cnbc https://ow.ly/IAwk50TJFby https://ow.ly/IAwk50TJFby"
X Link 2024-10-11T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The simplest part of the problem is scale. CVS and Walgreens grew massive nationwide footprints of more than [----] and [----] stores respectively. They gobbled up mom-and-pop shops and signed long-term leases for prime locations on street corners. @NPR https://ow.ly/1f8i50TNxJ0 https://ow.ly/1f8i50TNxJ0"
X Link 2024-10-17T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"All of a sudden you went from making $20 to losing $80. @PennCapitalStar https://penncapital-star.com/health-care/pennsylvania-pharmacists-say-theyre-receiving-less-money-for-drugs-dispensed-to-medicaid-patients/ https://penncapital-star.com/health-care/pennsylvania-pharmacists-say-theyre-receiving-less-money-for-drugs-dispensed-to-medicaid-patients/"
X Link 2024-10-17T19:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"He found that the state lost 10% of its pharmacies between [----] - [----] and the decline is hitting independent pharmacies in rural communities harder than national chains. @AmesTribNews https://www.amestrib.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/10/17/taking-a-stand-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers/75662715007/ https://www.amestrib.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/10/17/taking-a-stand-on-pharmacy-benefit-managers/75662715007/"
X Link 2024-10-17T19:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Its (#PBMs) the only business I know that doesnt have a product doesnt sell a product really doesnt do any service except for being a conduit through which money flows and makes billions and billions of dollars. @WinStarVA https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/rx-for-success-winchesters-last-independent-drug-store-on-surviving-industry-challenges/article_d4492d7a-f72c-56de-98ff-6a72c24d70eb.html https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/rx-for-success-winchesters-last-independent-drug-store-on-surviving-industry-challenges/article_d4492d7a-f72c-56de-98ff-6a72c24d70eb.html"
X Link 2024-10-18T16:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Health insurance companies would be required to cover all recommended OTC contraception products such as condoms spermicide and emergency contraception without a prescription and at no cost according to senior administration officials. @npr https://ow.ly/rh9j50TPLbH https://ow.ly/rh9j50TPLbH"
X Link 2024-10-21T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

""Research suggests that on average #PBMs lead to commercially-insured patients paying $6 more per prescription Medicare beneficiaries about $13 more and uninsured patients an additional $39 more per prescription." @BudgetHawks https://www.crfb.org/blogs/pbm-reform-horizon-pharmacy-benefit-manager https://www.crfb.org/blogs/pbm-reform-horizon-pharmacy-benefit-manager"
X Link 2024-10-23T19:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"#PBMs are like the mafia Bryant said. They pay us what they want to pay us. They are sucking all the money out of health care. @KFFHealthnews https://ow.ly/BrNY50TSwOm https://ow.ly/BrNY50TSwOm"
X Link 2024-10-24T14:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A lot of operators are closing up pharmacies as a result of that because it's hard to keep the lights on when you're getting paid less than your costs are @wkyc https://ow.ly/4QCn50TSxrl https://ow.ly/4QCn50TSxrl"
X Link 2024-10-24T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"No longer will our local pharmacies continue to lose money as they try to serve their community. This is a major win for local pharmacies and the people of Louisiana said Governor Jeff Landry. @Nolanewswire https://ow.ly/kOPr50TVlc5 https://ow.ly/kOPr50TVlc5"
X Link 2024-10-29T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Join us in Rayburn [----] for a discussion on the pressing issues of drug pricing with experts from both sides of the aisle to explore meaningful solutions to a problem impacting all Americans. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-partisan-drug-pricing-forum-tickets-1074272781809 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-partisan-drug-pricing-forum-tickets-1074272781809"
X Link 2024-11-07T18:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"RELEASE: APCI Hosts Congressional Leaders Expert Panel for Robust Bipartisan Discussion on the Pharmacists Fight Back Act and the Importance of Empowering Independent Pharmacies https://ow.ly/Xp4X50U8baR https://ow.ly/Xp4X50U8baR"
X Link 2024-11-15T19:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The lawsuit accuses Eli Lily and Co. Novo Nordisk and Sanofi of colluding with Express Scripts CVS Caremark and Optum Rx in inflating the price of insulin paid by the Oceanside Union Districts self-funded health plan. https://ow.ly/7tvV50UbVGA https://ow.ly/7tvV50UbVGA"
X Link 2024-11-21T20:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"We hope your aisles are filled with shoppers today"
X Link 2024-11-30T15:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"We are the last independent pharmacy in Hartselle. We provide services no other pharmacy provides. If we do not remain in business healthcare will suffer in this area said Pruitt. @waff48 https://ow.ly/y0sV50Uj0vX https://ow.ly/y0sV50Uj0vX"
X Link 2024-12-02T20:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Recent reports including confidential files and information from CVS Caremark Express Scripts and Optum Rx suggests the three largest PBMs colluded and conspired to steer patients towards Oxycontin in exchange for $400 million. @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/IShK50Uk38h https://ow.ly/IShK50Uk38h"
X Link 2024-12-03T18:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"One entity has gained more control over the prescription drug industry than any other actor: pharmacy benefit managers or #PBMs. @harvardpolitics https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/hidden-cost-pbms-prescription-drug-prices/ https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/hidden-cost-pbms-prescription-drug-prices/"
X Link 2024-12-04T20:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Today we remember and honor the [----] Americans who were killed on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December [--] 1941"
X Link 2024-12-07T15:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"By requiring #PBMs to pass along a significant portion of these savings at the pharmacy counter we can directly reduce out-of-pocket costs for those struggling to afford their medications. @pdtnews365 https://ow.ly/VNuV50UoiMl https://ow.ly/VNuV50UoiMl"
X Link 2024-12-10T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Tired: Spotify Wrapped Wired: Lawmakers' [----] Greatest Hits on #PBM Reform Check it out here: https://bit.ly/pbm-greatest-hits-2024 https://bit.ly/pbm-greatest-hits-2024"
X Link 2024-12-10T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Express Scripts doesnt even pay us for what we pay for the medication so we are sending the medications out at a loss. https://ow.ly/crLb50Up5h4 https://ow.ly/crLb50Up5h4"
X Link 2024-12-11T20:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) expressed concern that CVS prevents independent pharmacies from participating in hub arrangements because the company wants to head off potential competition. https://ow.ly/C0ZQ50UqMzm https://ow.ly/C0ZQ50UqMzm"
X Link 2024-12-13T15:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Dont forget to set out the milk and cookies for Santa Claus tonight APCI Offices are closed today December [--] and tomorrow December [--] for the Christmas Holiday"
X Link 2024-12-24T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Utah alleges UnitedHealth Group Express Scripts and their subsidiaries helped quadruple the number of opioids sold in the U.S. which led to a tripling of the number of Utahns who died from prescription opioid overdose. https://ow.ly/2LkB50Uxi9j https://ow.ly/2LkB50Uxi9j"
X Link 2024-12-27T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Nashville is known as "The Music City" for good reason; but there's so much more to Nashville than country music Join APCI for a fantastic weekend March 20-23 at the [----] APCI Annual Convention and Stockholders Meeting in downtown Nashville https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG"
X Link 2024-12-27T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The Big [--] #PBMs affiliated pharmacies generated over $7.3 billion of dispensing revenue in excess of their estimated acquisition cost as measured by the NADAC on specialty generic drugs over the study period. @FTC https://ow.ly/ITFL50UGn9O https://ow.ly/ITFL50UGn9O"
X Link 2025-01-14T18:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"#PBMs do not lower the cost of medications Crane said. They dont increase the availability. What they are doing is closing our independent pharmacies. https://ow.ly/f2ty50ULQuw https://ow.ly/f2ty50ULQuw"
X Link 2025-01-23T16:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The suits accuse the huge companies of conspiring to raise the cost of the lifesaving medicines in order to boost their profits. https://ow.ly/aIIb50ULQP2 https://ow.ly/aIIb50ULQP2"
X Link 2025-01-23T18:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Medicare drug price negotiations are "structured in a way that will force many independent pharmacies out of the Medicare Part D program. Drug costs may come down but there will be a shortage of pharmacies to dispense medicine. @Drug_Topics https://ow.ly/GMHb50URaLi https://ow.ly/GMHb50URaLi"
X Link 2025-01-31T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Nashville is known as "The Music City" for good reason; but there's so much more to Nashville than country music Join APCI for a fantastic weekend March 20-23 at the [----] APCI Annual Convention and Stockholders Meeting in downtown Nashville https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG https://ow.ly/pcoe50UlheG"
X Link 2025-02-04T17:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Compounders had been allowed to produce and sell hundreds of thousands of their own versions of popular anti-obesity drugs so long as the FDA considered them in shortage. @thehill https://ow.ly/bSjI50VcEKW https://ow.ly/bSjI50VcEKW"
X Link 2025-03-07T18:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"APCI applauds the [--] cosponsors of SB [---] who reached across the aisle to introduce bipartisan #PBM reform in the state Senate this afternoon Alabama will be better for your work THANK YOU"
X Link 2025-03-18T23:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Unfortunately due to significant challenges in the pharmacy industry particularly those caused by #PBMs we are deeply saddened to announce that our Waunakee location will be closing its doors on May 14th the message said. @WaunakeeTribune https://ow.ly/KcES50VFqSU https://ow.ly/KcES50VFqSU"
X Link 2025-04-22T16:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Anderson says she will miss seeing so many familiar faces that I have come to know as friends over the last [--] years. https://ow.ly/TTo250VFqZ5 https://ow.ly/TTo250VFqZ5"
X Link 2025-04-22T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"According to the Iowa Pharmacy Association out of all the states that have passed #PBM reform there has not been an increase of insurance premium prices for patients. @kcautv https://ow.ly/pY7T50VJGSi https://ow.ly/pY7T50VJGSi"
X Link 2025-04-29T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Starting July [--] Caremark will prioritize Wegovy on its formularies or lists of covered drugs making it the preferred GLP-1 drug for obesity. @cnbc https://ow.ly/zCLx50VLkSW https://ow.ly/zCLx50VLkSW"
X Link 2025-05-01T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says #PBMs have gone from being useful administrative service providers to behemoths that control the pharmaceutical industry at the expense of patients and independent pharmacies. https://ow.ly/Ahk250VTSUX https://ow.ly/Ahk250VTSUX"
X Link 2025-05-16T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"While most industries would relish the opportunity to pick up a competitors customer base the sometimes upside down margins of prescription medication sales for many pharmacies can crush their businesses. @hsuniontown https://ow.ly/LvWk50VVAPJ https://ow.ly/LvWk50VVAPJ"
X Link 2025-05-20T20:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This really restricts the ability of PBMs to extract large amounts of money out of the prescription drug system state Sen. Dave Koehler D-Peoria the bills chief Senate sponsor. https://ow.ly/c3Uv50W2zHV https://ow.ly/c3Uv50W2zHV"
X Link 2025-06-02T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Neither Novo Nordisk nor Amgen whose psoriasis and arthritis drug Otezla is up for negotiation would comment on the bargaining process other than to confirm that they had received opening offers. https://ow.ly/g8Fk50W4S0t https://ow.ly/g8Fk50W4S0t"
X Link 2025-06-05T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The SHP is evaluating its options to recover money it says CVS Caremark owes as well as its future relationship with the insurer. @theobserver https://ow.ly/Kzjo50W6hJk https://ow.ly/Kzjo50W6hJk"
X Link 2025-06-09T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The first lawsuit was filed by CVS Health Corporation the second by Express Scripts. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) has now filed the third lawsuit. @KATVNews https://ow.ly/6LhR50W701W https://ow.ly/6LhR50W701W"
X Link 2025-06-10T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Legislation is pending in Albany called the Patient Access to Pharmacies Act. It helps alleviate some of the marketplace's pressures that led to Rite Aid's bankruptcy. Pharmacists hope to see this bill passed before the legislative session ends. @WKBW https://ow.ly/1rq450W7H1U https://ow.ly/1rq450W7H1U"
X Link 2025-06-11T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Headed to Little Rock for the Arkansas Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting Be sure to stop by the APCI booth Thursday evening and Friday to learn what makes APCI so much more than a buying group. APCI offers programs that are way beyond just your profit and loss statement"
X Link 2025-06-11T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Right now pharmacies across Ohio are getting paid less than it costs to buy the medication (by #PBMs) and safely fill a prescription. Were losing resources on the very thing were here to doprovide patients with access to medication. https://ow.ly/HtmJ50Wa0Wu https://ow.ly/HtmJ50Wa0Wu"
X Link 2025-06-16T14:02Z [----] followers, 300.8K engagements

"VanderHouwen described one instance where she filled three of her own prescriptions and was reimbursed just [--] cents. My husband's employer who holds the insurance was billed $161 for those prescriptions she said. And I received [--] cents. @KREM2 https://ow.ly/zHQu50Wci4h https://ow.ly/zHQu50Wci4h"
X Link 2025-06-19T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"CVS Pharmacys mass text message yesterday is the exact reason we need HB [---] to pass. Abusing patients sensitive information to push a political message is completely unethical and manipulative and we will not stand for it. @wdsu https://ow.ly/Z1vf50WcicI https://ow.ly/Z1vf50WcicI"
X Link 2025-06-19T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"National Ice Cream Soda Day is an annual celebration that honors one of America's favorite sweet treats. The origins of the ice cream soda can be traced back to the late 19th century when it first became popular in soda fountains across the country"
X Link 2025-06-20T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"They dont know me now when I call there he said. Im on hold a long time. @SFGate https://ow.ly/MC4m50WfqlZ https://ow.ly/MC4m50WfqlZ"
X Link 2025-06-24T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This month CVS went too far by sending a politically charged and unethical message to its customers and we wont let that go unanswered Landry said. @WGNOtv https://ow.ly/SeNB50Wg6H2 https://ow.ly/SeNB50Wg6H2"
X Link 2025-06-25T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Relator has proven damages with reasonable certainty Judge Goldberg wrote emphasizing that Caremarks conduct resulted in inflated Part D drug prices and distorted CMS reimbursements. @RealUSAHerald https://ow.ly/YTLE50WgMzs https://ow.ly/YTLE50WgMzs"
X Link 2025-06-26T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

""They're paid less than their acquisition cost for the drug (by #PBMs) and that doesn't even take into account the overhead and all that sort of stuff." @kiii3news https://ow.ly/yAer50WgNhF https://ow.ly/yAer50WgNhF"
X Link 2025-06-26T19:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""They say to be polite the service is terrible because they don't have enough help - they don't have enough pharmacists." @kmoxnews https://ow.ly/C9CY50WhtPu https://ow.ly/C9CY50WhtPu"
X Link 2025-06-27T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Its a really sad situation she said. To take away one of the biggest lifelines for people and then not have anyone to ask for help its a very scary situation. @PittsburghPG https://ow.ly/C7cV50WilO4 https://ow.ly/C7cV50WilO4"
X Link 2025-06-30T14:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The problem as we detailed in that first piece is the fact pharmacy benefit managers dont provide full payments. In other words a medication could cost $600 to buy and the #PBM decides that the pharmacy will only be reimbursed $525 for it. https://ow.ly/xaSp50Wknb6 https://ow.ly/xaSp50Wknb6"
X Link 2025-07-03T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"#PBMs are directed to provide fair reimbursement rates to pharmacies taking in displaced patients and to avoid policies that steer patients toward specific providers or mail-order optionspractices that are prohibited under Delaware law. @milfordlive https://ow.ly/bjVz50WlEK5 https://ow.ly/bjVz50WlEK5"
X Link 2025-07-07T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"But Kentucky insurance officials insist that the ERISA prevents it from enforcing some other provisions of the law affecting commercial health insurance plans including limiting the ability of PBMs to steer prescriptions to their own entities. https://ow.ly/RH4b50WlEUF https://ow.ly/RH4b50WlEUF"
X Link 2025-07-07T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

""This is the moment for attorneys to defeat #PBMs in court win justice for patients and redefine healthcare transparency." https://ow.ly/MP2B50WolEI https://ow.ly/MP2B50WolEI"
X Link 2025-07-11T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Zepbound's meteoric rise is facing a new obstacle: a coverage change by CVS a leading pharmacy benefit manager (#PBM) that may force patients to pay significantly more out-of-pocket or consider alternative therapies. https://ow.ly/vz8a50WolP8 https://ow.ly/vz8a50WolP8"
X Link 2025-07-11T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"In recent months UnitedHealth has undertaken an aggressive and wide-ranging campaign to quiet critics. The company has targeted traditional journalists and news outlets a prominent investor a Texas doctor and activists. https://ow.ly/nBTq50Wpe3g https://ow.ly/nBTq50Wpe3g"
X Link 2025-07-14T14:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""#PBMs consistently are reimbursing us below our costs and this has led us to turn away business sign non-negotiable contracts be subjected to outrageous audits and struggle to keep our heads above water." https://ow.ly/sC8A50Wpee5 https://ow.ly/sC8A50Wpee5"
X Link 2025-07-14T18:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"While some employers have covered GLP-1s hoping for long-term health savings rising prices are forcing a rethink: "Some employers facing big cost increases in [----] may feel this coverage is out of reach." https://ow.ly/1UPE50Wqztg https://ow.ly/1UPE50Wqztg"
X Link 2025-07-16T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The Delaware Department of Insurance recently issued new requirements for health insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) that aim to expedite prescription refills and transfers. https://ow.ly/1CRO50WqA3r https://ow.ly/1CRO50WqA3r"
X Link 2025-07-16T18:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The program - which would bypass traditional #PBMs and insurers - offers a 43% discount from the list price reducing the monthly cost from $606 to $346. But it would still cost more than [--] times the average cost paid by commercially insured patients. https://ow.ly/QQOa50WrP5B https://ow.ly/QQOa50WrP5B"
X Link 2025-07-18T14:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The lawsuit says that since [----] Optum Rx charged the union health plan $4381075 for [----] claims for weight loss drugs that were not supposed to be covered. https://ow.ly/VACM50WrPfu https://ow.ly/VACM50WrPfu"
X Link 2025-07-18T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"But as long as pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) are allowed to both set the reimbursement rate and steer patients to their own pharmacies well never have the chance to compete fairly. https://ow.ly/bsxL50WtiXm https://ow.ly/bsxL50WtiXm"
X Link 2025-07-22T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Revenue from its Evernorth healthcare services unit which includes Cignas pharmacy benefit management (#PBM) business rose 17% to $57.83 billion during the quarter. @1470WMBD https://ow.ly/bHm450WxZ11 https://ow.ly/bHm450WxZ11"
X Link 2025-07-31T14:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"When there's only three #PBMs that control [--] percent of the prescriptionsand one of those three controls over [--] percent of the commercial claims in Arkansasthat is a monopoly. @KATVNews https://ow.ly/iBLZ50WxZf9 https://ow.ly/iBLZ50WxZf9"
X Link 2025-07-31T14:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"As #PBMs increasingly act in their own self-interest without transparency or accountability drug prices rise and patients face health risks from cost prohibitive drug treatments. https://ow.ly/Jxmt50WzrLE https://ow.ly/Jxmt50WzrLE"
X Link 2025-08-04T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""Congress must demand rebate transparency end #PBMs perverse financial incentives and ensure that 340B discounts help the patients they were intended to serve." https://ow.ly/KjNO50Wzs10 https://ow.ly/KjNO50Wzs10"
X Link 2025-08-04T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Patients should not be contingent on an airplane or a FedEx truck. They should be able to access pharmacies in real time. https://ow.ly/c6wg50WA3i0 https://ow.ly/c6wg50WA3i0"
X Link 2025-08-05T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"One prescription they paid Express Scripts $213.60. And for the same prescription the reimbursement to my pharmacy was [--] cents. https://ow.ly/8RIM50WA3rS https://ow.ly/8RIM50WA3rS"
X Link 2025-08-05T17:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The lawsuit contends Sanofi Eli Lilly Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca schemed in [----] to limit discounts on diabetes drugs that were available to safety-net providers purchasing drugs from some pharmacies through the federal 340B program. https://ow.ly/q3bq50WBnxX https://ow.ly/q3bq50WBnxX"
X Link 2025-08-07T16:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"On his last day on the job at Steve's Drugs retiring pharmacist Tom Arnold said it has been the great joy of his career to work for an independent pharmacy in a small town. I never wanted to work for a chain I wanted flexibility. Ive had the flexibility to really help people. https://ow.ly/Bjnz50WBnUM https://ow.ly/Bjnz50WBnUM"
X Link 2025-08-07T17:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The suggestion that independent pharmacies lack the capacity to fill gaps left by #PBM-owned pharmacies ignores the reality that independent pharmacies are often the only health care providers in rural areas. @NOLAnews https://ow.ly/oafH50WFf8g https://ow.ly/oafH50WFf8g"
X Link 2025-08-13T18:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"The new complaint filed this month asserts that CVS Caremark devastated Rite Aid by overcharging an estimated $500 million in fraudulent clawback penalties fees that CVS Caremark demanded long after drug prescriptions were filled. @jacobin https://ow.ly/BKpI50WPyUK https://ow.ly/BKpI50WPyUK"
X Link 2025-09-02T14:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"It appears CVS Healths use of protected patient information for the purposes of political advocacy may represent a violation of HIPAA. @BeckersASC https://ow.ly/BsB650WRTnR https://ow.ly/BsB650WRTnR"
X Link 2025-09-05T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The imperfect choices these patients face are a heightened version of what many providers navigate daily in the US health care system where critical decisions are too often made not by doctors in consultation with their patients but behind closed doors between drug manufacturers and the middlemen (#PBMs) who negotiate prices on behalf of employers. @adndotcom https://ow.ly/LzNY50WT7qk https://ow.ly/LzNY50WT7qk"
X Link 2025-09-08T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The settlement also includes strengthened contract language that requires Caremark to report and remit all rebates collected to the state plan on a quarterly basis ensuring greater transparency and accountability as well as maximum benefits to the state employee health plan for the life of the contract. https://ow.ly/RFet50WUvau https://ow.ly/RFet50WUvau"
X Link 2025-09-10T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Employers themselves are at the mercy of entities that have even more market power: Drug companies pharmacy benefit managers (#PBMs) hospitals and others have collectively driven up the costs of accessing medical care in the United States. https://ow.ly/E3FU50WVMll https://ow.ly/E3FU50WVMll"
X Link 2025-09-12T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"CVS's long-term care pharmacy unit Omnicare is filing bankruptcy because it defrauded the US Government. @Reuters https://ow.ly/Pt6G50X0OC5 https://ow.ly/Pt6G50X0OC5"
X Link 2025-09-23T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Lots of questions and few answers on drug tariffs. Only time will tell just how this will affect prescription prices. https://ow.ly/63qb50X3B4c https://ow.ly/63qb50X3B4c"
X Link 2025-09-29T16:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Every independent pharmacy owner can relate to this story. The fight to keep afloat and the value to the lives of patients is evident in every store. https://ow.ly/33Et50X4W6g https://ow.ly/33Et50X4W6g"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Pharmacists are trusted health care professionals and are the most accessible. Great to see an independent pharmacist sharing tips on tv @WFMY https://ow.ly/ZE2P50X7Ku4 https://ow.ly/ZE2P50X7Ku4"
X Link 2025-10-07T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Drug manufacturers Teva and Johnson & Johnson are joining distributors McKesson AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health in a settlement offer before a landmark opioid trial is slated to begin on Monday. @Reuters http://ow.ly/OO3630pJA47 http://ow.ly/OO3630pJA47"
X Link 2019-10-17T20:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"A proposal also called for distributors McKesson Corp. Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen to pay a combined $18 billion. @Reuters http://ow.ly/OY4630reUL0 http://ow.ly/OY4630reUL0"
X Link 2020-10-14T22:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I expect #PBM licensees to follow the law not operate on the fringes of regulatory compliance. @DuncanBanner http://ow.ly/GUow50NzRp4 http://ow.ly/GUow50NzRp4"
X Link 2023-04-04T15:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Rep. Khanna: It is like lawyers are writing your statements. https://ow.ly/BmHb50SJfTP https://ow.ly/BmHb50SJfTP"
X Link 2024-07-24T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"There is a simple way to fix these issues: Require complete and total transparency of #PBM business practices and require them to act in a free open market by reimbursing all pharmacies the same. @1819News https://ow.ly/OM2u50UZnIR https://ow.ly/OM2u50UZnIR"
X Link 2025-02-13T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The FDAs drug shortage list now states that as of Feb. [--] [----] the shortages of Ozempic and Wegovy injections are over. The shortages were first declared in August [----]. @thehill https://ow.ly/jGuk50V5k3a https://ow.ly/jGuk50V5k3a"
X Link 2025-02-24T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

""The violations in this case were both deliberate and egregious" https://ow.ly/EEGL50WmZ9a https://ow.ly/EEGL50WmZ9a"
X Link 2025-07-09T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Rhode Island independent pharmacy owner lays out just how #PBMs are harming his business and his patients. Another voice calling for #PBMReform. @RhodyBeat https://ow.ly/48GS50Xct0L https://ow.ly/48GS50Xct0L"
X Link 2025-10-16T18:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Some insight into Cigna's shift to eliminate drug rebates. Does Cigna (Express Scripts) see the writing on the wall Is this a premptive attempt to avoid regulation @InvezzPortal https://ow.ly/BJpW50Xj0Ts https://ow.ly/BJpW50Xj0Ts"
X Link 2025-10-28T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"#PBMs got another one. Independent pharmacy in Wisconsin closes due to #PBM reimbursement issues. @wrtribune https://ow.ly/mTl350XkW7Z https://ow.ly/mTl350XkW7Z"
X Link 2025-10-31T15:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Arkansas gets some legal help from multiple organizations in it's fight with the #PBMs over law banning PBMs from owning pharmacies in the state. @KATVNews https://ow.ly/4x9C50XnNsi https://ow.ly/4x9C50XnNsi"
X Link 2025-11-06T21:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Interesting fight between a drug manufacturer and #PBM. And who suffers the consequences Patients. https://ow.ly/h9Rk50Xqwx3 https://ow.ly/h9Rk50Xqwx3"
X Link 2025-11-12T19:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Check out the latest edition of the APCI PBM Reform Podcast Dr. Robert Popovian is a pharmacist and economist with a deep background in research and public policy. In this episode we have a nuanced discussion on policy impacting pharmacy including PBMs President Trumps Most Favored Nation Executive Order Rebates and insurance premiums. https://ow.ly/h34750XrixL https://ow.ly/h34750XrixL"
X Link 2025-11-13T19:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"More pricing news regarding GLP-1s for cash customers. Prices continue to drop. @CNN https://ow.ly/5FWM50XtvJS https://ow.ly/5FWM50XtvJS"
X Link 2025-11-18T16:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Independent pharmacies in West Virginia are fighting for survival against #PBMs. @WVVA https://ow.ly/3tC750XvRkF https://ow.ly/3tC750XvRkF"
X Link 2025-11-21T17:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Congrats to APCI Member Dean L. Rogan Sr. on his IPhA Lifetime Achievement Award @thesouthern https://ow.ly/RK9j50Xygkl https://ow.ly/RK9j50Xygkl"
X Link 2025-11-26T16:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Ohio patients are facing huge obstacles to obtain prescriptions with another independent chain closing several pharmacies thanks to #PBM tactics. https://ow.ly/ZQEi50Xy7su https://ow.ly/ZQEi50Xy7su"
X Link 2025-11-26T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"In one of the most rural states in the country pharmacy deserts continue to grow as small chains and independent pharmacies close their doors due to #PBM reimbursement games. @WVMetroNews https://ow.ly/1ckv50XA2OQ https://ow.ly/1ckv50XA2OQ"
X Link 2025-12-01T21:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Bipartisan Senate bill filed for #PBMReform. If your senator is not one of the 20+ listed make some calls. https://gorgenewscenter.com/2025/12/04/wyden-crapo-introduce-bipartisan-pharmacy-benefit-manager-legislation/ https://gorgenewscenter.com/2025/12/04/wyden-crapo-introduce-bipartisan-pharmacy-benefit-manager-legislation/"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Oklahoma is holding CVS accountable for not following its #PBMReform law. @KSWO_7NEWS https://ow.ly/8Egu50XGhN6 https://ow.ly/8Egu50XGhN6"
X Link 2025-12-09T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"According to the lawsuit a #PBM put profits over patients and the general public health. @790KFGO https://ow.ly/516350XGhZ1 https://ow.ly/516350XGhZ1"
X Link 2025-12-09T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This independent pharmacy only lasted a few months thanks to delayed and inadequate #PBM reimbursements. @McLeanCoNews https://ow.ly/2Fik50XHr6I https://ow.ly/2Fik50XHr6I"
X Link 2025-12-11T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Sen. Blackburn is calling out CVS for driving up health care costs. @InsNewsNet https://ow.ly/noF250XKjS9 https://ow.ly/noF250XKjS9"
X Link 2025-12-16T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Indiana is suing homegrown Eli Lilly over insulin pricing. @LouPubMedia https://ow.ly/VRgu50XSq2r https://ow.ly/VRgu50XSq2r"
X Link 2026-01-06T16:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Talk about smoke and mirrors. #PBMs find new ways to hide revenue and increase profits. Very indepth reporting and long article at this link. @hntrbrkmedia https://ow.ly/5y8O50XSHAi https://ow.ly/5y8O50XSHAi"
X Link 2026-01-06T21:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"#PBMReform and drug pricing system changes are desperately needed for patients and independent pharmacies. Here's another voice to add to that call. @RealClearHealth https://ow.ly/CANn50XSW1q https://ow.ly/CANn50XSW1q"
X Link 2026-01-07T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"An indepth look at the issues closing community pharmacies. Spoiler alert: #PBMs are a big one. @Forbes https://ow.ly/WwCc50XW9LI https://ow.ly/WwCc50XW9LI"
X Link 2026-01-13T16:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Even CVS is closing stores in San Francisco. @SFGate https://ow.ly/bQqY50XXYh1 https://ow.ly/bQqY50XXYh1"
X Link 2026-01-16T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Insulin is just the tip of the iceberg in #PBM drug pricing. @KMOV https://ow.ly/yQ8z50XZEVe https://ow.ly/yQ8z50XZEVe"
X Link 2026-01-19T20:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association launched a new tool to track closing pharmacies. @WENYTV https://ow.ly/iwcK50Y0Eom https://ow.ly/iwcK50Y0Eom"
X Link 2026-01-21T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"APCI members: Join Us for a Special Preview of the [----] APCI Annual Convention 📅 Wednesday February [--] [----] 🕛 [--] p.m. ET / Noon CT Join host Bruce Harris and APCI presenters Michele Schmidt and Jeff Church for a look at what attendees at this year's convention in Louisville Ky. can expect Click here to register: (Login required) https://ow.ly/39yY50Y0Ryc https://ow.ly/39yY50Y0Ryc"
X Link 2026-01-21T21:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Also on Friday in anticipation of its divestiture of Magellan Specialty Health Centene authorized a $2 billion stock buyback. @FierceHealth http://ow.ly/PUog50M7hWq http://ow.ly/PUog50M7hWq"
X Link 2022-12-19T18:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"CVS has implemented a cost-cutting program in the wake of its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health and its $10.6 billion purchase of Oak Street Health. Part of that effort calls for cutting [----] jobs. @CNBC https://ow.ly/su4c50PqQP9 https://ow.ly/su4c50PqQP9"
X Link 2023-08-02T14:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"CVS spent nearly $20 billion to pick up Signify Health and Oak Street Health last year. It then rebranded its health services business to "CVS Healthspire." @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/fR0650S45Ov https://ow.ly/fR0650S45Ov"
X Link 2024-05-31T16:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"A drop in the bucket for CVS. @FierceHealth https://ow.ly/Rs6J50XBlqT https://ow.ly/Rs6J50XBlqT"
X Link 2025-12-03T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"US House committee report shows CVS may have violated anti-trust regulations. @thehill https://ow.ly/iUjh50Y1aqw https://ow.ly/iUjh50Y1aqw"
X Link 2026-01-22T16:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Missouri Legislature debated #PBMReform designed to lower prescription costs for patients. @CoMissourian https://ow.ly/vVme50Y1aO2 https://ow.ly/vVme50Y1aO2"
X Link 2026-01-22T16:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Colorado passed #PBMReform that went into effect on Jan. [--] but #PBMs are not complying. https://ow.ly/NEkM50Y4hP8 https://ow.ly/NEkM50Y4hP8"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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