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Chas

@ivylearx
Joined March 2012
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@cspan22 Oct 2025
Mark Cuban (@mcuban) testifies on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) before the Senate Full video here: c-span.org/event/senate-comm…
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Thank you Senator Griffo!
Joseph A. Griffo (@SenGriffo) profile pictureJoseph A. Griffo@SenGriffo13 Jun 2025
The Senate passed this bill, which I cosponsored, before session ended this morning. I am urging my colleagues in the Assembly to take similar action before they leave Albany for the summer. wktv.com/video/pharmacists-c…
Pharmacists Call for Patient Access to Pharmacy Act

Pharmacists Call for Patient Access to Pharmacy Act

Pharmacists rallied in front of a soon-to-be-closed Rite Aid, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that they said will help keep pharmacies open.

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From @johnmcdonald108: For the future of New York’s healthcare system, it’s crucial to pass The Patient Access to Pharmacy Act - EMPIRE REPORT NEW YORK 2025® NEW YORK'S 24/7 NEWS SITE empirereportnewyork.com/for-…
For the future of New York’s healthcare system, it’s crucial to pass The Patient Access to Pharmacy...

For the future of New York’s healthcare system, it’s crucial to pass The Patient Access to Pharmacy...

New York's front page for political news. Latest NY politics news, reports, and columnists

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Rite Aid Pharmacies has announced it will be closing all stores in NY on June 4th. We at Ivylea Pharmacy in Kenmore, NY welcome all Rite Aid customers. You can call us at 716-873-1444 and we can discuss the best way to move your prescriptions here. Thank you!
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Political affiliation aside, it has to say an awful lot about the power of PBMs that @NewYorkStateAG has been unable to stand against these parasites over the years the same way she has been willing to stand up to the sitting President the last few weeks.
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US Attorney Charges 18 Defendants in Major Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Sting hmpgloballearningnetwork.com…

US Attorney Charges 18 Defendants in Major Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Sting

The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, announced the unsealing of charges against 18 defendants.

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One more thing @mikepompeo, can you explain how allowing PBMs to set up offshore accounts for their GPOs benefit tax paying citizens? And exactly how a GPO benefits anyone in healthcare other than a stockholder? Being the expert that you are, I’m certain that you have answer.
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.@SenSchumer NY Pharmacists urge you to read nytimes.com/2024/06/21/busin… and ACT for federal PBM reform. PBMs drive up drug costs for millions of people, employers and the gov't, and decimate community pharmacies
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Spent the bulk of last week on Capitol Hill talking about #PBM abuses. Along w/ oncologist @dapattmd & a pharmacist, we addressed the House Doctor Caucus members & staff about how #PBMs are destroying pharmacy & fueling drug costs.
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Caremark charges patient $500 for a drug while in deductible phase. Caremark pays $238 for the same drug/qty out of deductible phase. Caremark pays $19 for same drug/quantity on state plan. Explain please @FTC @RonWyden @ChuckGrassley
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“Because of the abundance of anti-competitive data, the @FTC should not only examine PBMs’ anticompetitive practices, but it should end them.” Read APhA’s comments on #PBMs impact on #pharmacies & consumers: @linakhanFTC @BedoyaFTC @RKSlaughterFTC pharmacist.com/DNNGlobalStor…
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Is defrauding the tax payers out of money for self profit not Fraud Waste & Abuse? How big do I have to be to operate on the other side of this double standard? If I owned a PBM, could I underpay CVS and Walmart while overpaying myself with tax$$? @ChuckGrassley @FTC @RonWyden
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Another pharmacy cuts out insurance middlemen in an effort to deliver prescription drug savings to patients. Oregon is now on the cost-plus map. @kmccor2014 @Blueberry_Rx @alexosh @costplusdrugs @ScriptCoPharm btimesherald.com/2022/03/16/…
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.@GovKathyHochul, you overran the wishes of your legislative body by vetoing a bill that is a lifeline for pharmacies barely staying afloat due to underwater Medicaid reimbursements. "Your priorities are my priorities." Are they? Prove it. Include S7909/A9165 in the state budget.
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Shout this from the rooftops!! 🗣@TruthRX
Alex Oshmyansky, MD, PhD (@alexosh) profile pictureAlex Oshmyansky, MD, PhD@alexosh7 Apr 2022
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New York is lucky to have legislators like Senator Skoufis!
PSSNY (@NY_Pharmacists) profile picturePSSNY@NY_Pharmacists5 Apr 2022
Thank you Senator @JamesSkoufis for your commitment and fight to #FixRx, #SaveCommunityPharmacies and expand patient access in New York. We appreciate all that you’ve done for pharmacy.
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"The bulk of the billions [in discounts and rebates] that Sanofi has paid simply flows into a black hole that becomes revenue for insurance companies and PBMs to use however they choose." - @adamrgluck realclearpolicy.com/articles…
More than $300 Billion in Health Care Spending Goes to Middlemen. We Need Accountability.

More than $300 Billion in Health Care Spending Goes to Middlemen. We Need Accountability.

Too many people go to the pharmacy counter only to be told the cost of their prescription medicine has gone up. Again.  It’s maddening at best and, for some, life threatening. We’re g

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Have you called yet?
FixRx (@pbmslayer) profile pictureFixRx@pbmslayer3 Apr 2022
We need you to make three calls today: @GovKathyHochul Your State Senator Your Assembly Member Tell them we need S7909/A9165 Fee-For-Service in the final State budget. Our pharmacies are counting on it. #SavePharmacies #FixRx #DontForgetAboutPharmacy
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