Director of Communications at @_APCI. Working to end PBM abuse. More snark and sarcasm than warranted. RTs are not endorsements. Opinions are my own. War Eagle!
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Richard Kirby retweeted
So indpendent pharmacies that supported #PBMReform over the summer received "an unsual surge" in audits after a summer session markup of the Pharmacists Fight Back Act. Interesting. Rep. Comer is asking questions. Hopefully he gets answers. | @FierceHealth
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I know that correlation ≠ causation, but ever since the Ukrainian attack on Yandex, we haven't seen a single so-called #PBM "expert" pop up in our feeds. 🤔
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Richard Kirby retweeted
While healthcare debates still divide Democrats and Republicans in Washington, D.C., taking on #PBMs has become a unifying cause in an era of widespread frustration over rising healthcare costs.
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Richard Kirby retweeted
#PBM policy gets complicated fast. Pharmacists can explain what it means in the real world.
Iowa Rep. Brett Barker, PharmD, discusses how pharmacists helped shape SF 383 and what other states can learn from Iowa.
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#PBMReform #IndependentPharmacy
Interesting trend happening here. Looks like somebody is trying to change the narrative. #PBMReformNow
The arguments are familiar. The accounts often are not.
APCI has seen a noticeable increase in pro-#PBM replies from accounts that often showed little previous interest in pharmacy policy.
So we started keeping track. Here’s what we found and what we still don’t know.
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Richard Kirby retweeted
The House wraps up its week this afternoon before representatives head home for Labor Day.
If your representative has not cosponsored H.R. 6610, now is the time to call their Washington office and ask them to sign on.
Help protect patients’ access to the local pharmacies they trust and rely on.
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Richard Kirby retweeted
This independent pharmacy in Missouri was in business for 185 years. And low reimbursements from #PBMs killed it. This theme is repeated in every article about an independent pharmacy closing. | @FayettePaper
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Richard Kirby retweeted
Congress is back in Washington this week. Let’s make sure representatives hear from independent pharmacy before they leave Friday.
Ask your representative to cosponsor H.R. 6610 and help protect patients’ access to the local pharmacies they trust and rely on.
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Richard Kirby retweeted
There is no clear definition of what makes a drug a "specialty" drug. That can be troublesome when specialty drugs are used to exclude pharmacies from providing care for patients.
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Richard Kirby retweeted
"If I were the federal government, if I were DHA, if I were any one of Express Scripts' commercial clients, I would be running to an auditor..."
See this and other highlights from last week's TRICARE pharmacy hearing at ow.ly/zgR650Zq3fo
Richard Kirby retweeted
A TRICARE audit should examine Express Scripts’ contracts, reimbursement, pricing, offsets, fees, discounts, mail-order practices, and the accuracy of information reported to the Department of Defense. Click the link for more on the Senate Committee hearing.
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Senators will learn a lot from one of the sharpest, best-informed #PBM experts today! Check out the hearing at 2:30 EDT.
Don't miss today's Must See Appointment Viewing! APCI Vice President of Public Policy Greg Reybold will testify before Congress during a Senate hearing examining the TRICARE Pharmacy Program and the role of Express Scripts in administering the benefit today at 2:30 PM EDT/ 1:30 PM CDT. Click the link to watch the hearing live!
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Is it just me, or is anyone else seeing pro-#PBM replies from accounts with limited followers that have previously had no posts about pharmacy?
Weird.
Richard Kirby retweeted
This new federal #PBMReform bill would ban #PBMs from owning a pharmacy across the country. It has bipartisan support. | @RepAuchincloss
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Richard Kirby retweeted
$615,000,000
That’s how much a federal audit says #PBMs overcharged a government health program.
And this happened under a “transparent” model.
Reform isn’t optional anymore.
#PBMReform #PharmacistsFightBackAct
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Big 3 #PBMs are unmatched in finding new and exciting ways to extract BILLIONS of healthcare dollars from patients and taxpayers that they have done NOTHING to earn.
Talk about smoke and mirrors. #PBMs find new ways to hide revenue and increase profits. Very indepth reporting and long article at this link. | @hntrbrkmedia
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Richard Kirby retweeted
Please make sure you check your prescription coverages as they may have changed and you may not have gotten notice of the change. This is what took my son’s life two years ago on January 21, 2024. #PBMReform #2026 #Truth @mass_marion @PharmacyPodcast @Commpharmacy @TruthRX @_APCI @IPAPharmacies
Richard Kirby retweeted
They tried to silence us, but it failed  we are on YouTube @MMMDocuseries #PBMReform #2026 #Truth @PharmacyPodcast @mass_marion @TruthRX @_APCI
Richard Kirby retweeted
@_APCI called on Congress on Thursday, December 11, 2025 to pass the reintroduced Pharmacists Fight Back Act, two coordinated pieces of federal legislation designed to reform pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices.
The Pharmacy Podcast Network provides exclusive coverage of the event held on Capitol Hill.
