Ben, I got so upset when seeing the Harvard study showing Cuban Cost Plus saving CMS $!!! Cuban apparently inventing a miracle solution to the drug cost problem is a whole different story! But why everyone keeps thinking that 30 day or 90 day supply of pills is similar to a Walmart 30 day worth of mouthwash or Costco 90 day worth of mouthwash jugs?! Who the heck is responsible if the drug is not dispensed correctly, or possible clinical interactions exist, etc.? You want us to be liable if anything goes wrong but don’t want to compensate us for that work!!! We have come to a point where significant population has been trained by PBMs that they don’t have to see a pharmacist. I heard one of the guys I met on the pickleball court bragging that he hadn’t seen a pharmacist in ages! Are we (pharmacists) all going to wait the pseudo free market laissez-faire to work its way out to see who is still standing? The pickkleball guy should be paying a $50 dispensing fee when he goes to a retail pharmacy with a prescription from an ER but that’s not happening! Because the ER chain that got recently bought out by a NY private equity group wants to dispense all the drugs at cost to milk the maximum $ on the backend for the ER visit! Until every prescription dispensed is guaranteed with dispensing fees that commensurate with pharmacy expenses and inflation, it is going to be tough! Why can’t NCPA run a coherent national campaign on TV and social media to promote our services?
Ben, I got so upset when seeing the Harvard study showing Cuban Cost Plus saving CMS $!!! Cuban apparently inventing a miracle solution to the drug cost problem is a whole different story! But why everyone keeps thinking that 30 day or 90 day supply of pills is similar to a Walmart 30 day worth of mouthwash or Costco 90 day worth of mouthwash jugs?! Who the heck is responsible if the drug is not dispensed correctly, or possible clinical interactions exist, etc.? You want us to be liable if anything goes wrong but don’t want to compensate us for that work!!! We have come to a point where significant population has been trained by PBMs that they don’t have to see a pharmacist. I heard one of the guys I met on the pickleball court bragging that he hadn’t seen a pharmacist in ages! Are we (pharmacists) all going to wait the pseudo free market laissez-faire to work its way out to see who is still standing? The pickkleball guy should be paying a $50 dispensing fee when he goes to a retail pharmacy with a prescription from an ER but that’s not happening! Because the ER chain that got recently bought out by a NY private equity group wants to dispense all the drugs at cost to milk the maximum $ on the backend for the ER visit! Until every prescription dispensed is guaranteed with dispensing fees that commensurate with pharmacy expenses and inflation, it is going to be tough! Why can’t NCPA run a coherent national campaign on TV and social media to promote our services?
Very good Benjamin! We just need to bottle it and sell it to the powers that be. Keep up the great work.
Well said brother.
Yes sir!