Matthew HerperCompte certifié

The only time people are this defensive is when they don't think they have a defence. There are times when it's not clear what they think they have to defend,

How about vampires? Because when you put life and health up for sale -- only for the highest bidder -- seems like a generous descriptor, at best.

Burglar says 'there's no such thing as theft.'

Did he say this with a straight face? If so bravo for not showing how he's laughing on the inside

Well. Villain is usually reserved as descriptor for a law breaker. The path Pharma has always sought to tread w/ pricing, whilst maximizing economic profits, is precarious not so much for it commonly leading into a thicket of criminality but rather stretches of muddy morality.

the villain is the notion that monopolies will regulate themselves

*things villains say

Ah hate to state the obvious… But there are negative formulary changes that require a certain amount of time before a PBM can make them...CMS mandated & sometimes they lump commercial plans in with that timeline. it’s more than likely this is why they differ vs stealing $

If you don't count PBMs in the 'insulin market' well sure. When a PBM makes more profit than the pharma manufacture on the use of their Rx who is at fault?