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My experience of average Rx prices back in the late 1960s and early 1970s makes me question this AI’s stated average Rx price in 1970. Back in the summer of 1967, I was working as a pharmacy student for a small local/regional chain pharmacy. I got assigned the task of calculating the average Rx cost/retail […]
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7 payers exiting Medicare Advantage markets in 2025 https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/5-payers-exiting-medicare-advantage-markets-in-2025.html Seven insurers are exiting Medicare Advantage markets in 2025, a number that is likely to grow in the fall. There are 3,959 Medicare Advantage plans available nationwide in 2024. The average number of plans available to beneficiaries is 43, unchanged from 2023. Seven insurers exiting Medicare […]
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Have President Roosevelt was re-elected for his FOURTH TERM, Congress imposed term limits on our Presidents. How President Biden wants term limits of 18 yrs on the SCOTUS. Who has Congress never considered imposing term limits on? – CONGRESS THEMSELVES. Just look at how many members of Congress are in their 80’s! Airline pilots MUST […]
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All one has to look at to get the validity of the overall answer from this AI chat is the 5 citations at the bottom of the text. FOUR were from the CDC and ONE from the Medical Board of CALF. Many consider healthcare a HUMAN RIGHT, so the “so-called experts” that put the two […]
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Back in the day when the PBMs showed up – late 1969-1970. The vast majority of the community pharmacies were independent – somewhere in the mid-40K – independent pharmacies. Back then the fed DOJ came out and made it quite clear that if more than one pharmacy tried to form groups that would negotiate when […]
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Historically, the pharma industry has not functioned on a 20% gross margin profit, as was stated in this article I know when the brand name pharmas dominated the pharma industry, the industry – on the whole – had the highest NET PROFIT of any industry. This is just another casualty of the Insurance/PBM industry’s goal […]
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“The moral test of a government is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick and the needy, and the handicapped.” – Hubert Humphrey, VP Pharmacist The residents of […]
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Everyone should watch the first half of this TV show. Investigation of how military healthcare HIDES and refuses to disclose to families how the military healthcare system refuses to provide the medical records of their loved one who is harmed or dies under military healthcare.
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We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/drugs-fentanyl-supplychain/ At the tap of a buyer’s smartphone, Chinese chemical sellers will air-ship fentanyl ingredients door-to-door to North America. Reuters purchased enough to make 3 million pills. Such deals are astonishingly easy – and reveal […]
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In the early 80’s we expanded our independent pharmacy into providing Home Medical Equipment as hospitals’ reimbursement was changed to a new prospective DRG program. Basically, the hospital was paid a flat $$ when the pt was admitted, based on the pt’s diagnosis. If the hospital cost to treat the pt was more than the […]
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