Require transparency down to the contract level from all providers. Maybe to the point of general ledger entries. Segregate formularies from PBMs. End steering. This allows everyone to dig in and see what care would actually cost and determine a path, that everyone can discuss
August 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Require transparency down to the contract level from all providers. Maybe to the point of general ledger entries. Segregate formularies from PBMs. End steering. This allows everyone to dig in and see what care would actually cost and determine a path, that everyone can discuss
By designing formularies and safety programs around profit instead of patient protection, Express Scripts and Optum helped fuel the opioid crisis in our state. Arizona families deserve accountability.
Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...
Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...
October 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
By designing formularies and safety programs around profit instead of patient protection, Express Scripts and Optum helped fuel the opioid crisis in our state. Arizona families deserve accountability.
Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...
Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...
What's the solution ? Lots of moving parts. PBMs should not do formularies (their leverage ) , no provider networks, publish everything, require producers to publish and honor cash pay, with government guarantees for care individuals can't afford that is means tested.
June 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What's the solution ? Lots of moving parts. PBMs should not do formularies (their leverage ) , no provider networks, publish everything, require producers to publish and honor cash pay, with government guarantees for care individuals can't afford that is means tested.
I can’t wait until Dr Oz is in charge of drug formularies and every clinical pathway just has ivermectin on it
November 20, 2024 at 5:06 AM
I can’t wait until Dr Oz is in charge of drug formularies and every clinical pathway just has ivermectin on it
Check your drugs every year part d formularies change
October 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Check your drugs every year part d formularies change
The whole concept that big PBMs control formularies is INSANE. In a world of biosimilars and generics, they will prevent a Humira biosimilar like Yusimry, which is $594 per month from being available so they can offer a biosimilar that pays them a huge rebate. Costing yr company/premiums more
December 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
The whole concept that big PBMs control formularies is INSANE. In a world of biosimilars and generics, they will prevent a Humira biosimilar like Yusimry, which is $594 per month from being available so they can offer a biosimilar that pays them a huge rebate. Costing yr company/premiums more
I actually have three different hypotheses wrt liquid starlight formularies, but I need test subjects to find out which would be the most effective.
April 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I actually have three different hypotheses wrt liquid starlight formularies, but I need test subjects to find out which would be the most effective.
The Big PBMs have this leverage because they use the formularies to intimidate manufacturers from selling to other Group Purchasing Orgs. This is exactly why brand meds are so expensive. I don't know the exact %, but almost all brand sales get rebates through GPO contracts controlled by big PBMs
December 12, 2024 at 3:06 PM
The Big PBMs have this leverage because they use the formularies to intimidate manufacturers from selling to other Group Purchasing Orgs. This is exactly why brand meds are so expensive. I don't know the exact %, but almost all brand sales get rebates through GPO contracts controlled by big PBMs
idk what these vultures expect when they use arbitrary formularies that have negative impact on both quality & quantity of life.
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was reportedly shot and killed in Midtown
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“The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.”
UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Midtown: sources
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December 4, 2024 at 10:48 PM
idk what these vultures expect when they use arbitrary formularies that have negative impact on both quality & quantity of life.
Commercial insurance formularies have posed a barrier to cutting greenhouse gas emissions from metered-dose inhalers used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study showed.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/asthma/123176
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/asthma/123176
Insurance Formularies Holding Up Lower-Emission Asthma, COPD Inhalers
Options that reduce greenhouse gases face lower rates of coverage and more administrative hurdles
www.medpagetoday.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Commercial insurance formularies have posed a barrier to cutting greenhouse gas emissions from metered-dose inhalers used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study showed.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/asthma/123176
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/asthma/123176
The classical formularies are good actually
December 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The classical formularies are good actually
If the bill passes, big PBMs will find new fees to charge manufacturers, sponsors and pharmacies. They will use formularies as leverage.
The big PBMs say to manufacturers , "we cover 25m lives. If you want your drugs to be offered to those 25m people , you have to not only give us rebates
The big PBMs say to manufacturers , "we cover 25m lives. If you want your drugs to be offered to those 25m people , you have to not only give us rebates
December 12, 2024 at 3:05 PM
If the bill passes, big PBMs will find new fees to charge manufacturers, sponsors and pharmacies. They will use formularies as leverage.
The big PBMs say to manufacturers , "we cover 25m lives. If you want your drugs to be offered to those 25m people , you have to not only give us rebates
The big PBMs say to manufacturers , "we cover 25m lives. If you want your drugs to be offered to those 25m people , you have to not only give us rebates
the cost of medications alone can be ridiculously exorbitant -- then we look back at the insurance companies that deny claims or medication coverage for this & try to axe medications needed for survival from their formularies. preventative care & health maintenance can be unaffordable.
March 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
the cost of medications alone can be ridiculously exorbitant -- then we look back at the insurance companies that deny claims or medication coverage for this & try to axe medications needed for survival from their formularies. preventative care & health maintenance can be unaffordable.
From my research lots of formularies have stopped accepting sleep apnea as a valid criteria for new coverage. Even with my sleep apnea and past T2D diagnosis, nothing short of an A1C over 6.5 will get me GLP-1s again.
September 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM
From my research lots of formularies have stopped accepting sleep apnea as a valid criteria for new coverage. Even with my sleep apnea and past T2D diagnosis, nothing short of an A1C over 6.5 will get me GLP-1s again.
This new online edition of the Frankish formularies is beginning to shape up very impressively.
NEUES FORMELMATERIAL ONLINE! Die Formelsammlung Sens A mit 65 Formeln sowie Sens B, eine in Sens entstandene Ergänzung zu den Formelbüchern des Marculf. Wie immer in Edition und Übersetzung, mit Transkripten und Verlinkung auf die Handschriften: werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de/corpus/urn:c...
Formulae - Litterae - Chartae: Formelmaterial aus Sens (Betaversion) Inhalt
Medieval Latin Formulae and their German translations in the Capitains Format
werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de
June 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This new online edition of the Frankish formularies is beginning to shape up very impressively.
Happy 4/20! You can now download "Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, Vol. 1" by Christopher Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar for free.
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Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, Vol. 1
Editor(s): Faraone, Christopher A; Torallas Tovar, Sofía | Abstract: The magical formularies on papyrus are precious witnesses to practices and processes of cultural transmission: i.e. the creation, c...
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April 20, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Happy 4/20! You can now download "Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, Vol. 1" by Christopher Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar for free.
escholarship.org/uc/item/9650...
escholarship.org/uc/item/9650...
Every US Citizen has standing to sue.
This is OUR data. Our tax returns. Our Medicare prescription formularies. Our Social Security account information.
In short, OUR LIVES are being hoovered into whatever 'system' Elon Musk is building.
This is OUR data. Our tax returns. Our Medicare prescription formularies. Our Social Security account information.
In short, OUR LIVES are being hoovered into whatever 'system' Elon Musk is building.
February 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Every US Citizen has standing to sue.
This is OUR data. Our tax returns. Our Medicare prescription formularies. Our Social Security account information.
In short, OUR LIVES are being hoovered into whatever 'system' Elon Musk is building.
This is OUR data. Our tax returns. Our Medicare prescription formularies. Our Social Security account information.
In short, OUR LIVES are being hoovered into whatever 'system' Elon Musk is building.
“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself”
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “An Apology for Idlers” (1877)
#WyrdWednesday #C19
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “An Apology for Idlers” (1877)
#WyrdWednesday #C19
July 22, 2026 at 10:11 AM
“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself”
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “An Apology for Idlers” (1877)
#WyrdWednesday #C19
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “An Apology for Idlers” (1877)
#WyrdWednesday #C19
Shoot check your formularies!
September 30, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Shoot check your formularies!
i love thinking about premiums, out-of-pocket maximums, copays, coinsurance, and deductibles, and checking the drug formularies associated with the plans I'm considering for my healthcare benefit election 🥰
September 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
i love thinking about premiums, out-of-pocket maximums, copays, coinsurance, and deductibles, and checking the drug formularies associated with the plans I'm considering for my healthcare benefit election 🥰
I don't know. Having to try to optimize prescribing patterns, while navigating 40K different drug formularies, seems like it might still work.
April 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I don't know. Having to try to optimize prescribing patterns, while navigating 40K different drug formularies, seems like it might still work.
and it's not new. i was ready to accuse them of that being new but they have the last 5 years of formularies still online as PDFs and it's not in any of them.
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
and it's not new. i was ready to accuse them of that being new but they have the last 5 years of formularies still online as PDFs and it's not in any of them.
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) performed a useful function when they were formed last century. They managed formularies and payments, and they pushed back on drugmakers. But, then PBMs got greedy.
December 8, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) performed a useful function when they were formed last century. They managed formularies and payments, and they pushed back on drugmakers. But, then PBMs got greedy.
ryan white is considered a payor of last resort in most or all cases as well. if ryan white is having to pick up the costs of the medications, then that's also telling us that several insurers don't have current HIV medications in their coverage formularies.
March 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
ryan white is considered a payor of last resort in most or all cases as well. if ryan white is having to pick up the costs of the medications, then that's also telling us that several insurers don't have current HIV medications in their coverage formularies.
Lol. Except for brands , they don't negotiate prices. They sell access to formularies in the form of rebates
Find me one PBM that publishes a price list. Anyone can get our price list
Find me one PBM that publishes a price list. Anyone can get our price list
September 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lol. Except for brands , they don't negotiate prices. They sell access to formularies in the form of rebates
Find me one PBM that publishes a price list. Anyone can get our price list
Find me one PBM that publishes a price list. Anyone can get our price list