Save Independent Pharmacy @BrandiChane Twitter profile

Pinned Tweet

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

YES!!! @TruthRX fighting for independent pharmacies every day. A true non-profit not afraid to speak up.

PUTT

@TruthRX

3 months

"With the federal budget on the line there's no better way to restore revenue than to make it impossible for Fortune15 #PBMs to continue profiteering at the people’s expense.” #PBMreform @SenateGOP @SenateDems @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats @freedomcaucus

0

8

23

1

15

44

Last Seen Profiles

@findommindfuck

@kanon9351990730

@drellousy

@snailshu

@Emskidoo

@crust_bakery

@CitricCanine

@AnnisRiekkinen

@mozart2137

@BrainRebalanced

@ch3rrywon

@HurtBlogger

@po39ke

@Giulismo9

@RealBruceWard

@MatBlaike

@StJohnsBaseball

@s5__30

@FundPrimafrio

@ChileOpen

@VishwajeetTech

@Lucky_BunTTV

@history2424

@HarunohuruYuki

@kaden_curtis

@QATARNHRC

@HuntersTownFC

@cjtaylor1973

@LitonAh08597583

@Dragons_FN

@jan_holze

@journal_CES

@RedFMNews

@SAvazis

@scotiaraimu

@_BBurns_

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

8 months

Make this make sense. Pharmacy purchase price $2.49. PBM contributes $0 to the transaction Patient copay $12.01 PBM then takes back a DIR fee of $86.85. Pharmacy loses $77.33 @TruthRX @pelterkevin @theangrypharm @RepJamesComer @FTC @linakhanFTC @RonWyden @SenTedCruz @mcuban

16

73

136

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

6 months

Today’s episode of “How to destroy a community pharmacy” features a real gem for a cancer patient Cost: $6.64 PBM paid: $19.81 Copay: $4.15 DIR fee: $116.16 Net loss: $98.84 Hmm that seems fair @FTC @TruthRX @linakhanFTC @TedOkonCOA @ErinLAlbert @alexosh @keavenyrx #PBMabuse

25

48

120

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

23 days

Tell me again how the Big 3 PBMs negotiate with and support independent pharmacies. #Pharmacy #PBMabuse @JusticeATR @linakhanFTC @POTUS

13

45

110

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

6 months

Today’s episode of how to destroy a community pharmacy: impressive dispensing fee of $0.25, PBM paid $6.37 takes back $18.92 DIR fee for a loss of $13.50 on a drug that costs $0.95 to purchase. Bills that don’t go into effect until 2028 will help no one @DanCrenshawTX #PBMabuse

10

27

87

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

5 months

Ran a set of 200 prescriptions for comparison to December 2023 exact same Rx’s. Profit 1/2024 = $1098.71 VS Profit 12/2023 = $4468.91 In 1 months time I’m down $3370.20. I cannot even break even with a gross profit of $1100. @TruthRX @SenTedCruz @GregAbbott_TX @linakhanFTC

13

24

85

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

7 months

If @FTC forced PBMs to return the 2021 DIR fees of $12 billion to non-PBM owned pharmacies across the US imagine what a game changer that would be for 2024. @TruthRX @HokiePharmacist @theangrypharm @ChuckGrassley @RonWyden @MikeCrapo @RepJamesComer @SenTedCruz @linakhanFTC

4

25

80

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

8 months

Daily dose of DIR Pharmacy Cost: $1.17 PBM paid: $0 Patient Copay: $14.00 DIR fee: $57.87 Pharmacy loses $45.05 - not only robbing the pharmacy but double dipping the patient through our back door @TruthRX @MoniqueWhitney @theangrypharm @FTC @HokiePharmacist @mcuban @alexosh

7

30

78

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

When a #pharmacy is audited there is usually less than 30 days allowed to produce any required records or face recoupment but PBMs have been given almost 2 years to drag their feet through the @ftc investigation. Time to start issuing fines @linakhanFTC @HarmacyFilm @TruthRX

8

27

75

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

7 months

When a PBM audits for 283 RXs spanning 14 months & only wants to see signatures for 68 brands RXs. No interest in Metoprolol Metformin or Atorvastatin but those are “most important” for reimbursement 🤔 @TruthRX @theangrypharm @linakhanFTC @FTC @RepJamesComer @RonWyden @MikeCrapo

5

17

74

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

6 months

Thank you ⁦ @CBSNews ⁩ for sharing the ongoing plight of independent pharmacies across the nation. We need relief now! ⁦ @RonWyden ⁩ ⁦ @SenTedCruz ⁩ ⁦ @linakhanFTC ⁩ ⁦ @linakhanFTC ⁩ ⁦ @TruthRX ⁩ ⁦ @JohnCornyn ⁩ ⁦

Biden's limit on drug industry middlemen backfires, pharmacists say

A federal rule taking effect Jan. 1 was intended to stop abuses by pharmacy benefit managers, but some pharmacists say it's making things worse.

www.cbsnews.com

3

25

73

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 year

I think @FTC should take 15% of revenues from PBMs over the last 10 years & distribute back to non-PBM owned pharmacies as restitution for all the DIR fees & below ACQ payments. That might get their attention. Fair is fair, right?! @TruthRX @HokiePharmacist @MoniqueWhitney

5

13

70

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

7 months

Chain pharmacy can’t compete with Indy on customer service: Indy pharmacy: 30 min window-10 patients walk through the door-every patient greeted by name, RX filled, pt counseled, phones answered, questions/concerns addressed, & on their merry way-Chain=still waiting @TruthRX

6

10

68

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

4 months

How many times must we address this misinformation? Once again let’s be clear: THERE IS NO NEGOTIATION that happens between brick & mortar pharmacies & PBMs. We are presented with take it or leave it contracts created by PBMs. That is it & that is all.

AI X BIO

@AIXBIO

4 months

#PBMs , or Pharmacy Benefit Managers, are intermediaries in the #healthcare industry that manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of health insurers, #Medicare Part D drug plans, large employers, and other payers. They play a significant role in negotiating with drug

8

4

11

3

13

60

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

8 months

1/2 Hey indy pharmacy owners - @mcuban @costplusdrugs launched the beta wholesale site & I’m here to tell you it’s improving my bottom line! I kicked my big 3 wholesaler to the curb in ‘22 & only shop secondary - these guys are beating even my best secondary ACQ costs! @TruthRX

4

14

61

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 year

You’ve got ole @KarenSLynch over here cashing $23 million paychecks doing what? I’m over here just trying to keep the doors open on a $0.10 dispensing fee & $200,000 DIR fees wondering when I might actually get a paycheck. @TruthRX @HokiePharmacist @mcuban @AjKavanaugh #PBMabuse

10

18

60

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

7 months

PBM reform is vital to patient affordability. PBM reform is vital to the survival of small community pharmacies that serve these patients. @TruthRX @SenTedCruz @MartyMakary @LeaderMcConnell @RonWyden @MikeCrapo @BoesingLoretta @theangrypharm @MoniqueWhitney

NACDS

@NACDS

7 months

🚨 For too long PBM's have: 📈 Obscured the true cost of prescription drugs 💰 Wasted 100s of millions of taxpayer $ ❌ Limited the ability to choose a #pharmacist 👎 Devastated local #pharmacies with “spread pricing” Let's make sure Congress acts with real #PBMreform .

0

14

25

4

24

59

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 year

Dear PBM/C’s if you’re so valuable explain why you reimburse independent pharmacies below acq cost & how exactly u add value when said independents close due to these practices WHY hasnt this been asked this in all these hearings?! @RepJamesComer @RonWyden @FTC @pcmanet @mcuban

6

11

54

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

This is beyond amazing!! Kentucky seriously leading the pack when it comes to protecting community #pharmacy access! #Txlege needs to take notes! @GovAbbott we need a special session as community pharmacies can’t afford to wait another 9 months! @TomOliverson @DrewSpringer

Joel Thornbury

@JoelThornbury

2 months

SB 188 PASSES THE KY HOUSE!!!! #GameChanger

1

16

4

11

52

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

I am appalled that #Congress has once again been bought off & turned away from helping community pharmacies & the people we take care of day in & day out. What happened? I want answers! @RepBuddyCarter @RepAuchincloss @SenatorCantwell @ChuckGrassley @SenatorTester

STAT

@statnews

3 months

Congress has abandoned its attempt to reform how PBMs operate in an upcoming package to fund the federal government, 11 sources said.

11

26

23

5

18

49

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Another independent community #pharmacy closes its doors. Are you listening @SecBecerra @POTUS @WhiteHouse @FLOTUS @RepJamesComer @SenTedCruz @GovAbbott We need #PBMreform now. Indy’s are closing daily

6

20

48

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Another pharmacy closure. Anyone listening? Independent pharmacies are being gutted by PBMs. @TheDemocrats @GOP @WhiteHouse @RonWyden @RepJamesComer @FTC @linakhanFTC @SenatorLankford @RepBuddyCarter @SenTedCruz @BillCassidy @TruthRX @mcuban

Daily Tribune News

@dailytribnews

3 months

Young Brothers' pharmacy dept. closing after 130 years

0

3

5

12

50

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

You got that right @mcuban

Lauren Colee Young

@LaurenDC5

2 months

@mcuban , I hope you can hear the thunderous applause from your clapback from independent pharmacies across the country! 🖕🏻 PBMs. Thank you for standing up for us & fighting back for employers & patients! @TruthRX

2

10

35

0

8

50

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

13 days

Finally proof of what we’ve been saying for years. It’s time to stop these too big to fail massive corporations from bilking the system! @RepJamesComer @FTC @JusticeATR @CMSGov @TruthRX @RonWyden @linakhanFTC

Delaware Completes First Pharmacy Benefit Manager Exams

“Protecting consumers from unjustified pharmaceutical costs and pharmacy monopolies is a key method of addressing the rising total cost of care in Delaware, and across the country. Creating transpa...

news.delaware.gov

2

20

49

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

“Unfortunately, in recent years, the PBMs have only made the pharmaceutical market more opaque and have been a cause of rising drug prices.” National Association of Attorneys General have signed a letter urging #PBM reform. @TruthRX

3

13

49

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

5 months

Another historic Texas pharmacy falls victim to #PBMAbuse @SenTedCruz are you ready to listen now? @GregAbbott_TX @DanPatrick @SenatorLankford @FTC @SenateDems @SenateGOP @TruthRX @linakhanFTC @RepJamesComer @GOPoversight Less talk more action

NEW YEAR, NO PHARMACY: Historic 'Wilson Drug' in Hearne to close its doors this week

Wilson Drug is one of thousands of pharmacies across the country having problems with Medicare and insurance reimbursements, as the cost of drugs are falling below what it actually costs to make them.

www.kxxv.com

4

17

48

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

We’ve been saying for years we just need someone to tell our story. Now we have it. @HarmacyFilm is on a mission to expose the harmful practices of PBMs. Let’s get behind this project & end the abuse @TruthRX @mcuban @HokiePharmacist @theangrypharm @BoesingLoretta @realdocspeaks

1

15

49

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

9 more Independent Pharmacies close “Due to Unsustainable Losses from Prescription Drug Reimbursements” It’s only February @FTC @linakhanFTC @CMSGov @TruthRX @RonWyden @SenTedCruz You guys awake?

3

20

48

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

4 months

PSAO’s “negotiate” contracts on behalf of Thousands of pharmacies who trust them to negotiate on their behalf & still come away with terrible contracts why haven’t powerful PSAO’s spoken out on behalf of their clients? 🤔 @DButterfieldRPh @BHindPBMCurtain @TruthRX

7

9

47

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

11 months

This is a flat out LIE! Pharmacies do not get to decide what is charged to the PBM nor can we negotiate ANYTHING! We have zero control over this. Someone needs to be held accountable for these lies! #PBMabuse @TruthRX @GOPoversight @FTC @HokiePharmacist @BoesingLoretta @RonWyden

PCMA

@pcmanet

11 months

How spread pricing helps drive lower costs.

16

1

3

8

16

46

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Hey @NorahODonnell while you’re celebrating CEO of CVS your local @CBSNews is telling the real story behind her climb to the top. You should do the same & stop celebrating the PBM cartel & their destruction of community #pharmacy @HarmacyFilm @TruthRX

Joni Carroll

@PharmacistJoni

2 months

#pharmacyclosures will be our next #publichealth crisis. You heard it here first. #TwitteRx #pharmacy #AcademicTwitter

0

14

34

3

10

44

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

We had big Pharma CEO’s pulled in for questioning & challenged on their multi-million dollar salaries. It’s time to call in PBM CEO’s to explain their mega-million dollar salaries & below cost reimbursements & $0.05-$0.75 dispensing fee @TruthRX @SenSanders @RepJamesComer @FTC

3

12

44

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

10 months

If no other country uses PBMs & their prescription drugs are exponentially cheaper why do we continue using PBMs? This is really the ONLY question to be pondered… #freethepeople @FTC @SenateFinance @GOPoversight @WaysandMeansGOP @EdWorkforceCmte @TruthRX

1

12

43

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Hey @SenToomey check this one out. How about those PBMs now?

HokiePharm

@HokiePharmacist

2 months

Ingenio just tried to pay $240 for a chemo nausea med that costs $1600. Patient had called over 40 pharmacies, all said they couldn't get it. I was the only one to tell her the truth, no one was going to fill her prescription due to PBM underpayment @TruthRX #TwitteRx #Pharmacy

18

51

211

3

16

43

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

“We aren’t able to pay our bills down there and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any better in the future so we’re closing up shop and leaving town.” ⁦⁦⁦ @SenateGOP ⁩ ⁦ @SenateDems ⁩ ⁦ @RepAuchincloss ⁩ ⁦⁦ @SenatorTester ⁩

Why pharmacies are closing: Pittsburgh-area drugstore owners blame reimbursement cuts

‘We’re closing up shop and leaving town.’

www.post-gazette.com

3

20

42

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Listen to the sincerity from these legislators. #Txlege time to step up. Thank you @Greg_Reybold for exposing this. Independent pharmacies are so important to our communities @TruthRX @SenTedCruz @KenPaxtonTX @JaceYarbrough @TomOliverson @GregAbbott_TX Texas Indy’s need help too!

APCI

@_APCI

3 months

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:

2

18

26

1

17

42

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Lies All lies There is ZERO negotiation with pharmacies. It’s take it or leave it contracts & PBM owned pharmacies always get the best deals PBMs set the amount their competitors get reimbursed = antitrust anticompetitive monopolies Stop the lies @FTC @RepAuchincloss @SenSanders

PCMA

@pcmanet

3 months

Learn more about pharmacy benefit companies #PBMs at

0

3

14

41

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Let’s assume you aren’t aware of the truth behind the billion dollar companies you’re celebrating. Now you know @NorahODonnell @CBSEveningNews @TruthRX

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

3 months

THREAD: There is a massive, totally legal bribery scheme driving up drug prices in America. And pharmacy benefit managers—shady middlemen you’ve probably never heard of—are right at the center.

32

602

1K

3

18

41

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Great job Georgia!! This momentum at the state is fantastic!!

Melissa Reybold

@MelissaReybold

2 months

There it is!! We did it! #independentpharmacy #gapol @GeorgiaPharmacy @_APCI @Greg_Reybold

0

1

9

3

1

28

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

7 months

The 7 largest PBMs have created preferred pharmacy networks for 2024 & Independent Pharmacies are NEVER a “preferred pharmacy”. Just 1 more way PBMs are driving independents out of business. @FTC @linakhanFTC @TruthRX @MartyMakary @mcuban @RonWyden @SenTedCruz @GOPoversight

Adam J. Fein

@DrugChannels

7 months

Medicare Part D in 2024: The Seven Largest Companies' Preferred #Pharmacy Networks and the Coming Collapse of the PDP Market Get ready for more unintended consequences of the #IRA . ==>

2

7

20

7

17

40

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

4 months

“PBM tactics have systematically driven local, independent pharmacies out of business so PBMs can move patients to pharmacies they own or control.” Time for change is long overdue @FTC @SenTedCruz @RonWyden @darreldrowland @TruthRX @SenatorCantwell

David Balto

@DavidABalto

4 months

Great headline @PeterPitts , Congress to #PBMs : Reality Bites, as policymakers considers bills to increase “transparency & reporting to ensuring fair reimbursement to pharmacies & delinking PBM compensation from list price.” Patients deserve better.

1

12

26

0

14

40

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

8 months

I have looked at hundreds upon hundreds of EOB’s & NOT ONCE have I seen a single example of a PBM losing on a spread pricing transaction They set the reimbursement rates NO pharmacy can charge more than what is charged on a spread pricing model Lies @TruthRX @mcuban @linakhanFTC

5

10

38

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

PBM reform must take place immediately @SenateDems @SenateGOP @HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP @RepJamesComer @RonWyden @POTUS @FLOTUS @WhiteHouse We can’t continue to delay. Patient access is dwindling by the day #txlege

Patients Not PBMs

@PatientsNotPBM

2 months

Why are so many pharmacies closing? via @BostonGlobe

2

13

17

2

15

38

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

4 months

It’s time for action If Congress & @FTC and state Attorney Generals do not act this will be repeated regularly Small businesses cannot keep their doors open @GregAbbott_TX @KenPaxtonTX @SenFinance @TomOliverson @CMSGov @RepJamesComer @SenTedCruz @SenatorLankford @SenatorCantwell

HokiePharm

@HokiePharmacist

4 months

We warned all of you this was coming. We warned the public, regulators, and lawmakers. We said pharmacies were being systematically eliminated by PBMs by being paid too little to stay open. You didn't listen. Now people are really going to start hurting. #Pharmacy #TwitteRx

1

17

41

3

13

38

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

The kind of legislation all State & federal legislators & independent pharmacy owners should be pushing for. Fair reimbursement, fair dispensing fees, & fair contracts or we won’t make it @KenPaxtonTX @DrewSpringer @JaceYarbrough @TomOliverson @SenTedCruz @olcott4texas @TruthRX

APCI

@_APCI

3 months

Kentucky officials estimated an earlier bill eliminating outside #PBMs from state Medicaid resulted in about $283 million in savings between 2021 and 2022. | @KYLantern

3

19

45

1

10

37

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

11 months

@Terrilox Are you kidding me?!?! I’m so sorry that happened. No Indy pharmacy would’ve charged you that. And forget GoodRx it’s just a money grab as well. Find a good independent pharmacy and you’ll never look back

0

2

35

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

10 months

We’ve seen 26 bills introduced addressing #PBMreform it’s July & not 1 has made it to the floor for a full vote @FTC 6b study seems to have no end in sight @GOPoversight seemed hopeful meanwhile independent pharmacies close daily we need a rescue plan yesterday @TruthRX #PBMabuse

3

15

38

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

8 months

Hey @FTC @linakhanFTC if you’re doing this then you can certainly stop #PBMabuse we want our money back! The BILLIONS that have been stolen from pharmacies & the monopolistic, predatory practices that are closing small businesses. We cannot survive what is coming 2024! @TruthRX

FTC

@FTC

8 months

FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power: /1

80

391

904

1

16

37

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Congress Can Fix the Broken PBM Industry

Congress is in the process of negotiating a set of bipartisan health policies, including pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform.

amac.us

4

12

37

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

Same story all across the nation. Patients are being turned away due to PBM abuses of underpayments & take it or leave it contracts. It’s time for change @POTUS @FLOTUS @GovAbbott @SecBecerra @CMSGov @KenPaxtonTX @JaceYarbrough @TomOliverson @HarmacyFilm

APCI

@_APCI

1 month

A full 98 percent of respondents reported they’ve stopped carrying some or all brand name drugs since January 1st in or to avoid sustaining crippling losses on those medications. | @hwmag

0

17

34

0

9

37

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

4 months

Finally! This is such an important story in the healthcare arena. PBMs are destroying community access & every American is or will be affected if these monopolistic anticompetitive tactics aren’t stopped @FTC @SenTedCruz @TruthRX @RepJamesComer @SpeakerJohnson @LeaderMcConnell

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

4 months

NEW: Going to the pharmacy sucks now, so pharmacists are unionizing. This fall, they walked out of stores nationwide in a strike they called Pharmageddon. They’re sick of being overworked, understaffed, and forced to put your life in danger. And now they’re demanding better.

9

303

954

2

12

37

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

7 months

So ⁦ @CVSHealth ⁩ is still not listening to their employees. This is about unsafe working conditions & lack of staffing. Lynch & cronies are dancing to the bank while those doing the real work are suffering ⁦ @TruthRX ⁩ ⁦ @FortuneMagazine ⁩

CVS CEO says pharmacist burnout led to a walkout: ‘We are at the same level of demand as we were in...

Uptake of the new XBB-tailored boosters was expected to be dismal—but a statement by the CEO of CVS calls that prediction into question.

fortune.com

4

12

37

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

CVS Caremark owns their own mail order pharmacy @NorahODonnell @CBSEveningNews seriously?!?! This is a joke!!

CBS Evening News

@CBSEveningNews

2 months

Amazon is now in the pharmacy business, so @NorahODonnell asked CVS CEO Karen Lynch about the competition. She said Amazon is in the ‘mail-order’ business but believes CVS gives a more personal connection. See more tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET on the CBS Evening News.

46

10

22

4

9

36

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

8 months

Thank you @TruthRX for being, literally, the ONLY pharmacy advocacy group to share what’s going on with CVS pharmacy staff working conditions If I ever had any questions about who or what groups are actually supporting us (or not), I now have crystal clear answers You guys rock!!

0

9

36

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

13 days

I am speechless that CVS has no shame readily admitting their plan of lowering health benefits and increasing plan prices. All for the sake of profit margins. #PBMAbuse @POTUS @CMSGov @HarmacyFilm @FTC @RepJamesComer @RonWyden Enough is enough.

PUTT

@TruthRX

13 days

👇Translation: #Patients will pay More for Less benefits & services So when CVS says they're all about #health , they definitely DON'T mean the health of patients!🤢 #CorporateVampiresSuck

1

4

17

0

11

35

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Hey @NorahODonnell @CBSEveningNews any interest in hearing the real story behind Karen Lynch’s billion dollar company? Make your rounds to some local independent community pharmacies & get the truth. #pharmacy @TruthRX @HarmacyFilm

RK

@rekesk

2 months

@Pharmassists @BrandiChane You just need one mainstream journalist to cover how PBMs are a ripoff scam and then this tide changes. But nope, instead we get glowing profiles about the ceo of a major pbm.

2

3

11

3

8

35

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

4 months

I love this and always make a point to look up local pharmacies en route to and at my destination when traveling. I love going in and meeting the staff, but more importantly, I love knowing we are not alone. @TruthRX #shoplocal #saveindependentpharmacy

cis lesbian grandma

@my_tv_life

4 months

Pharmacists, you know we have to stop in and check out little corner drug stores. Right? Not just me?

22

3

149

2

34

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

PBMs say they choose the lowest net cost drugs for their formularies. Based on that claim, if true, with just these examples it’s easy to see the true net cost of these drugs & how they’ve become top Fortune companies. Time to repeal the anti-kickback exemption @FTC @TruthRX

Kevin Pelter, Pharm.D.

@pelterkevin

2 months

Here’s a little snippet of some of those cost differences. For them to keep covering the brand and not generic- the PBM must be getting one Hell of a Rebate!!

3

12

22

2

10

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

One simple question….why do you put forth contracts that CANNOT be negotiated & systematically reimburse pharmacies & providers below acquisition cost? This costs everyone in the system money & eliminates access. @SenSanders @GovAbbott @HarmacyFilm @KenPaxtonTX @POTUS @FTC

PCMA

@pcmanet

2 months

New #oped in @RealClearHealth "...there is an opportunity to think again before misguided #legislation is advanced that would do nothing to lower #prescription #drug costs for #patients ."

14

0

10

34

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Hey @SenToomey did you hear about the latest loss of 9 community pharmacies in PA? Tell me again why PBMs aren’t the problem? @TruthRX @HokiePharmacist

OurStoriesRx

@OurStoriesRx

2 months

"For independent pharmacies like mine, the shift to #PBMs has led to the plummeting of store margins — often to unsustainable lows."

0

13

19

2

9

33

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Congressman on PBMs: ‘They've essentially become extortion artists’ via @medeconomics

Congressman on PBMs: ‘They've essentially become extortion artists’

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, discusses prior authorizations and other pending legislation in Washington.

www.medicaleconomics.com

0

10

33

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

9 months

PBM math is interesting Eliquis cost for pharmacy $543.93 PBM Paid pharmacy $505.69 DIR Fee: $56.49 Plan charged: $505.69 Net cost for PBM after rebate: $73 @TruthRX @FTC @RonWyden @MikeCrapo @SenTedCruz @GregAbbott_TX @MoniqueWhitney @LaurenDC5 @SenatorLankford @SenateFinance

PCMA

@pcmanet

9 months

Don’t be fooled: Big #Pharma keeps the vast majority of the #Rx dollar. Learn more:

16

1

0

3

4

33

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

4 months

Express Scripts is no longer covering Simvastatin?!?! Retired teachers & retired state employees in Texas unfortunately have been saddled with this PBM & their games @KenPaxtonTX @GregAbbott_TX @TruthRX @darreldrowland @MartyMakary @A_Ciaccia

17

7

33

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

We’ve been shouting from the rooftops that without serious #PBMreform 2024 is will be disastrous for community pharmacies Another pharmacy lost in Georgia Now do you see?!?! @FTC @POTUS @WhiteHouse @SpeakerJohnson @FLOTUS @RepJamesComer @RepBuddyCarter @RepAuchincloss @LeverNews

Melissa Reybold

@MelissaReybold

2 months

And another in Georgia. That makes 4 pharmacies in a month and a half. @GeorgiaPharmacy @_APCI #gapol @Greg_Reybold

0

7

13

2

11

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

“a couple of struggling pharmacists”, “the struggling pharmacists complained that they can’t compete” @SenToomey dismisses the pharmacists who represented our reality at @WhiteHouse round table on PBMs & he’s right we can’t when our competitors set our prices @FTC @TruthRX @POTUS

PCMA

@pcmanet

2 months

A new #oped in @RealClearHealth by former U.S. Senator Pat Toomey "If #PBMs didn’t save #employers money, employers wouldn’t hire them..." them."

10

0

5

9

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

11 days

This is fantastic news!! It’s time to bring the cost of healthcare down & ensure fair and equitable practices across the healthcare sector.

Antitrust Division

@JusticeATR

11 days

Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter Announces Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion New Health Care Task Force Will Tackle Competition Problems in Health Care Markets 🔗:

14

49

110

4

5

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Would love to know why @SenTedCruz didn’t sign this

NCPA

@Commpharmacy

2 months

Dozens of members of Congress are pushing their respective leadership teams for immediate #PBMreform , highlighting bipartisan support for reforms and the urgent need to preserve patient access to care. Senate letter: House letter:

3

17

32

6

7

31

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

As “PBMs” turn to algorithms… exact same scenario here

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

3 months

1. As landlords turn to algorithms to set rents, they should be aware that price fixing through an algorithm is still price fixing. A brief by @FTC & Department of Justice makes clear that there is no AI exemption from the antitrust laws.

48

678

2K

2

5

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

“Better Business Bureau is advising consumers to use caution when considering doing business with Express Scripts. BBB has received a pattern of consumer complaints alleging delays or failure to ship correct prescriptions or medications; failure to accept returns or medications”

Erin C. Kennedy

@tuppinsabag17

1 month

Pharmacy Students Fear Retaliation For Attending Express Scripts Protest via @Change

0

4

7

0

14

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

“Can anybody on the panel explain to me why we have a general prohibition against kickbacks, call them ‘rebates,’ under the Social Security Act, but we nevertheless allow it for prescription drug pricing?" Still waiting on this answer ⁦ @TruthRX ⁩

Kickbacks kill and cost those with pre-existing conditions

Healthcare cost continues to be a top issue for Americans . While healthcare costs have quadrupled since the 1970s, hospital costs have increased by 10 times and pharmaceutical costs by an astounding…

www.phillyburbs.com

2

8

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

This is who you’re featuring and celebrating @NorahODonnell @CBSEveningNews don’t worry we’ll keep sending you more evidence as it’s not your fault you don’t know the whole story @TruthRX @HarmacyFilm

Xyz Zyx

@AlphaXyzZyx

2 months

Always a ridiculous line to pickup prescriptions @cvspharmacy . Maybe spend a few of your profit dollars on hiring more pharmacy staff instead of putting a stupid ❤️ in your logo.

4

7

36

1

7

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

This is exactly what independent pharmacies need @SenTedCruz @FTC @CraigGoldman @JaceYarbrough Texas pharmacies need an advocate in a BIG way!

Peter Sullivan

@PeterSullivan4

2 months

Scooplet: Wyden and Crapo will hold joint presser on Thursday to call for PBM action ahead of March 22 funding deadline seeking to revive the effort after it was left out of first minibus

2

18

31

2

6

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Since 2022, Kentucky has lost nearly 25% of all its independent pharmacies. “unpredictable timeline by which that money is collected, has contributed to the closure of nearly 70 independent pharmacies in the past two years”

Here’s why independent pharmacies are shuttering across Kentucky

Non-negotiable fees coupled with low or break-even reimbursement rates for filling prescriptions is making it harder than ever for KY’s independent pharmacists to turn a profit.

www.kentucky.com

1

13

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

Wyoming loses another independent #pharmacy “Small Wyoming Pharmacies Pushed Out Of Business, Say Industry Is Like Mafia” @linakhanFTC @POTUS @MelissaReybold @TruthRX @HarmacyFilm @actforpharmacy

Small Wyoming Pharmacies Pushed Out Of Business, Say Industry Is Like Mafia

Casper pharmacist Eric Saul says small independent pharmacies are getting squeezed out by super-large companies that squeeze the little guy with mafia-like tactics.

cowboystatedaily.com

3

12

31

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Pharmacists dying on duty, 30-60 minute hold times, terrible customer service, underpaying competitor #pharmacy , patient steering, understaffing @NorahODonnell @CBSEveningNews this company destroys community pharmacies. Better do some homework on this matter. @HarmacyFilm

Norah O'Donnell 🇺🇸

@NorahODonnell

2 months

Our interview with CVS Health CEO, Karen Lynch, on the @CBSEveningNews ⬇️

19

11

45

0

12

31

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

17 days

Mississippi community pharmacy closing “In a press release, the company says inadequate insurance reimbursements are the reason behind the closure.” Southern Drugs Pharmacy plans to close its doors @actforpharmacy @HarmacyFilm @MelissaReybold @POTUS @FTC

Southern Drugs Pharmacy plans to close its doors

A long-time Columbus pharmacy will soon shut its doors. Southern Drugs, on Main Street, will go out of business on May 10.

www.wcbi.com

5

16

31

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

This is such a joke. Sounds like this is all on @CMSGov

Kevin Pelter, Pharm.D.

@pelterkevin

3 months

“CVS Caremark is committed to working with our retail network pharmacy partners to help mitigate the unintended consequences with CMS Medicare Part D changes in 2024”… If you cared THAT much, then why don’t you just eliminate your DIR fees that you purposely STEAL from us?

2

7

43

5

7

31

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

These are the thoughts we deal with every day while just trying to care for our communities @NorahODonnell @CBSNews @HarmacyFilm @POTUS @RepHarshbarger @SenTedCruz @GovAbbott @FTC @linakhanFTC @RepBuddyCarter @SenSanders Would you work for negative pay?

Pharmassists

@Pharmassists

1 month

There is something psychological that happens to me as a business owner when I am continually taken advantage of by rich evil people. It makes me so angry. All I want to do is help people and make a little doing it. Not lose my ass trying to help.

8

14

72

4

9

32

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

5 months

Received notice that Centene (Express Scripts) Medicaid has “identified” my pharmacy as being eligible for a $0.15 delivery fee What world do these jokers live in that $0.15 will cover deliveries?!?! @TruthRX @GregAbbott_TX @TomOliverson @TXpharmAssn @theangrypharm @mcuban

4

8

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Drug companies could lower the list price of meds if PBMs are taken out of the picture. Proof? Look at every other country that enjoys exponentially lower prices. Why? THEY DONT HAVE PBMS!! @SenSanders @HELPCmteDems @GOPoversight @TruthRX

PCMA

@pcmanet

3 months

#Congress should reject #drug companies’ self-serving blame game, and instead focus on solutions to encourage greater competition in the #prescription drug market that would lower costs for #patients . @SenateHELP . #PharmaSetsThePrice

6

0

3

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

26 days

‘He said pharmacy benefit managers perhaps should be dubbed "pharmacy bankruptcy managers."’ Bill designed to head off pharmacy deserts in Ohio rolled out by lawmakers @POTUS @FTC @JusticeATR @JaceYarbrough @GregAbbott_TX @HarmacyFilm @TruthRX

Bill designed to head off pharmacy deserts in Ohio rolled out by lawmakers

"It’s just ridiculous and despicable that 10,000 people no longer have a pharmacy to go to, and 50 employees don’t have jobs. This is all over greed."More than

abc6onyourside.com

3

15

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

10 days

Who’s Killing Your Independent Pharmacy? Helen Santoro strikes again!! Great work @LeverNews

Who’s Killing Your Independent Pharmacy?

As corporate pharmacy middlemen slash reimbursement fees to independent drugstores, local Illinois pharmacists push for legislative change.

www.levernews.com

1

16

34

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Need more proof @RepEricBurlison or @SenSanders ? We’ll be happy to provide. @FTC needs to keep moving on this. This is unsustainable

HokiePharm

@HokiePharmacist

3 months

Just to give everyone a sense of the DIR scam that has been going on for years. I knew I wasn't keeping much of what I was paid, but I didn't know it was this drastic. @truthrx Cost: $43.71 23' remit: $501.03 24' remit: $43.19 DIR: $458.11 10x cost. Wow. #TwitteRx #Pharmacy

2

10

28

2

8

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

2 more independent pharmacies closed. We need action! @POTUS @SenSanders @GovAbbott @JaceYarbrough @HarmacyFilm @RepJamesComer @linakhanFTC @FTC @MelissaReybold @Commpharmacy @TruthRX @actforpharmacy @CBSEveningNews @NorahODonnell @wendellpotter @darreldrowland @SenTedCruz

Mary Douglass Smith

@SC_Pharmacist

1 month

This one hits hard. 😢 Who is the group that’s recording pharmacy closures? @pharmacists @Commpharmacy

8

9

34

4

13

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

Here’s the real reason prescription drug cost is sky high. Why don’t you bring Karen & all other CEOs in & ask them why they underpay Indy pharmacies. We are disappearing along with patient access WAKE UP!! @POTUS @SenSanders @RepJamesComer @HarmacyFilm @RepAuchincloss

Beth Joyner Waldron

@BethWaldron

1 month

“CVS CEO Karen Lynch was paid $21.6 million in total compensation in 2023, according to a regulatory filing published April 5.” An increase over the prior year.

3

10

13

0

11

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

25 days

Another North Carolina independent pharmacy closed ”Hickory Family Pharmacy, first Hmong-owned pharmacy in Hickory, closes” via @hickoryrecord @FTC @POTUS @HarmacyFilm

Hickory Family Pharmacy, first Hmong-owned pharmacy in Hickory, closes

The pharmacy opened in 2023 and was believed to be the first Hmong-owned pharmacy in the area.

hickoryrecord.com

4

15

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

5 months

Dear @Commpharmacy and @pharmacists you’ve taken all the credit for getting DIR fees moved to point of sale so now give yourselves a pat on the back for this one as well. DO. SOMETHING. INSTEAD OF BEING BOUGHT OFF PAWNS We are not going to survive the quarter!

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

5 months

Ran a set of 200 prescriptions for comparison to December 2023 exact same Rx’s. Profit 1/2024 = $1098.71 VS Profit 12/2023 = $4468.91 In 1 months time I’m down $3370.20. I cannot even break even with a gross profit of $1100. @TruthRX @SenTedCruz @GregAbbott_TX @linakhanFTC

13

24

85

0

6

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

Another independent pharmacy shutters its doors. @MelissaReybold @HarmacyFilm @TruthRX @SenSanders @POTUS @linakhanFTC The closure of Latimer's Pharmacy is leaving people with questions in Los Molinos via @actionnewsnow

The closure of Latimer's Pharmacy is leaving people with questions in Los Molinos

Community members told Action News Now this pharmacy was open for years. Now, the sudden closure leaves many feeling shocked and confused and without an option for getting prescriptions close

www.actionnewsnow.com

4

17

30

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

10 months

@BoesingLoretta 107 degrees here in Texas today & I get this call from a patient asking what he should do when he gets home & finds his Inlyta is hanging on the fence in the direct sunlight shipped by @pfizer delivered by @ups Stage 4 renal cell carcinoma. This is out of control

7

16

28

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Great work from @Greg_Reybold . More states should be stepping up to support community pharmacies and rein in PBMs @TexasGOP @texasdemocrats #txlege

IndyRxVoice

@IndyRxVoice

2 months

Pharmacists push for legislation reigning in pharmacy benefit managers in Illinois

0

7

30

1

6

27

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

7 months

Gret question @TruthRX @FTC @linakhanFTC @RonWyden @RepBuddyCarter @MikeCrapo @RepAuchincloss @DrewSpringer @TomOliverson

HealthCareDenied

@CareDenied

7 months

"Why in the world should the #PBMs make more money on the filling of a prescription than the actual #pharmacy doing the work?" #independentpharmacies

0

10

23

1

6

29

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

10 months

And another independent pharmacy closes…the owner states “We got DIR’d out of business thanks to all the amazing legislative support” Whitefish Pharmacy, Whitefish, MT @TruthRX @LaurenDC5 @FTC @SenFinance @GOPoversight @BoesingLoretta Changes must be implemented NOW!

4

14

29

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

24 days

Kentucky loses another Independent Pharmacy @pharmacy_nova I am so sorry this has happened. We will keep pushing for justice & protection for those left @FTC @HarmacyFilm @TruthRX @POTUS @RepJamesComer @RonWyden @MikeCrapo @linakhanFTC @JusticeATR

NOVA Pharmacy

@pharmacy_nova

24 days

We fought the good fight. Great Patient and Community-centered practice now gone. Choked out. Thank You, Pikeville & EKY. Sorry, We held on as long as we could... @TruthRX @HokiePharmacist @pharmacists @Commpharmacy

9

14

56

0

10

29

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Ask Karen about how her company reimburses independent #pharmacy below what it costs to purchase the med & how their billion dollar profits come from bankrupting small community pharmacies @NorahODonnell @CBSEveningNews

Pharmassists

@Pharmassists

2 months

15 prescriptions for 1 patient to make $14.79. The independent business model.

11

4

35

3

29

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

Another one “Call said he took no salary in 2023 and even sold property to meet the needs of his business. But he continued to be reimbursed under the cost of what he was paying for the medicines, and facing fees and fines on top of that.” @SenateGOP @SenateDems @FTC @linakhanFTC

WMIcentral.com

@WMIcentral

3 months

Snowflake-Taylor loses its last local pharmacy

10

24

1

14

29

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

3 months

“FACT #3 : The United States is the only country that allows middlemen, like PBMs, to profiteer on medicines unchecked. Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) demand rebates and fees tied to the list price of a medicine, creating perverse incentives experts say”

PhRMA

@PhRMA

3 months

🤔 Despite the political rhetoric, the United States spends roughly the same share of health care spending on medicines (14%) as other countries, and 9/10 prescriptions are filled with biosimilars and generics that are often cheaper here than abroad.

1

3

6

1

8

29

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

Another independent pharmacy closed its doors. @MelissaReybold @TruthRX @SenateDems @SenateGOP @HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP @POTUS @mcuban This is becoming a daily occurrence @FTC @linakhanFTC

HARMACY

@HarmacyFilm

2 months

A lot can change in a year. Almost exactly a year ago we were filming WellnessRx in Tannersville NY a beloved community pharmacy. As of yesterday they’re permanently closed.

2

7

22

1

9

21

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

1 month

Benefit managers, not Big Pharma, to blame for drug prices - Boston Business Journal via @BosBizJournal

Commentary: Pharmacy benefit managers, not Big Pharma, responsible for high drug prices

Flovent was pulled from shelves, but don't blame its maker: GSK chose to switch to a lower-priced generic. The pharmacy benefit managers made more money covering the more expensive version — and...

www.bizjournals.com

1

14

28

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

So are you saying that employers aren’t intelligent enough to figure things out on their own? Taking billions back from the PBMs that can be used for their actual employees sounds like a pretty smart first move. #pharmacy @HarmacyFilm @TruthRX

PCMA

@pcmanet

2 months

If #payers had to act as their own benefit managers, without #PBMs performing these valuable services, 40% ($58 billion) of the $145 billion in #value would be lost.

11

0

1

3

6

28

Save Independent Pharmacy

@BrandiChane

2 months

It’s time for a special session @GovAbbott We must protect our small community pharmacies from these predatory PBMs #txlege @TomOliverson @KenPaxtonTX @HarmacyFilm @TruthRX #pharmacy Texas Indy’s can’t wait another 9 months while other states are taking action now

Ted Okon

@TedOkonCOA

2 months

More state legislation to stop #PBMs from destroying pharmacy.

2

7

24

1

7

28