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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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
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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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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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.
Richard Kirby retweeted
Thank you Jake Auchincloss for amplifying the voices of community pharmacists who are fighting back against predatory PBM practices & for introducing the bipartisan Pharmacists Fight Back Act. @TruthRX @SteveMooreRx @nabpharmd jakeauch.substack.com/p/phar…
Richard Kirby retweeted
Bipartisan deals are possible and the Pharmacists Fight Back Act is a great example. #PBMReform #PFBA
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Who exactly is going to cut their prices ? Independent physicians can barely pay their bills. DPC is already a bargain. Hospitals are going to get rid of facility fees or walk away from keeping 340b margins and passing that to the patient ? No.
Big PBMs are going to stop charging fees ? No. Big insurers are going to stop gaming vertical integration transfers ? No
Break up the big insurance companies first. Make them divest each vertical , PBMs, Providers, ASOs , Digital They are the ATT1984 of 2026.
Break them up.
They have become Too Big To Care
.@PBS @NewsHour: “Ge Bai, Johns Hopkins University:
Health care relates to our life, right? But it's a business for everybody else.
Many people believe health care is a right. That is fundamentally wrong. Health care is a commodity.
Once the patients control their $, all the providers have to compete to make patients happy. So that will change all the incentives on market.
You're going to see price collapse everywhere.”
@JHUCarey @JohnsHopkinsSPH @BSPH_HPM
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Richard Kirby retweeted
New Episode Alert: Rep. Jake Auchincloss joins the PBM Reform Podcast to discuss the Pharmacists Fight Back Act. Check it out at the link below. | @PharmacyPodcast
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Richard Kirby retweeted
"The 'Pharmacists Fight Back Act' bills strengthen the entire healthcare system... When patients pay less and federal programs operate more efficiently, every taxpayer benefits." #PFBA #PBMReform
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Richard Kirby retweeted
Behind the curtain, PBMs are pulling the strings.
Secret markups. Hidden rebates. Steering patients into their own networks. These practices inflate drug costs, limit choice, and push local pharmacies out of business.
Patients deserve transparency. Pharmacies deserve fairness. Communities deserve a healthcare system that puts health before profit 💡
It is time to pull back the curtain and demand accountability. Reform cannot wait.
@SenKatieBritt @SenTuberville @RepTerriSewell @USRepGaryPalmer @RepBarryMoore @RepSCFigures @RepMikeRogersAL @Robert_Aderholt @RepDaleStrong @TruthRx @_Apci @COMMPHARMACY
#PBMReform #PharmacyAdvocacy #StopPBMAbuse #SaveLocalPharmacies #AffordableHealthcare
Richard Kirby retweeted
What if you paid $15 for bread, $25 for milk, or $40 for cereal? Crazy, right? That is exactly what PBM pricing feels like when patients try to get their medications.
Instead of lowering costs, PBMs inflate them; pocketing the difference while patients struggle and independent pharmacies are forced out. Families make painful choices, and communities lose trusted providers.
Reform is the only way to make drug pricing fair, transparent, and patient-centered 💡
@SenKatieBritt @SenTuberville @RepTerriSewell @USRepGaryPalmer @RepBarryMoore @RepSCFigures @RepMikeRogersAL @Robert_Aderholt @RepDaleStrong @TruthRx @_Apci @COMMPHARMACY
#PBMReform #StopPBMAbuse #SaveLocalPharmacies #PharmacyAdvocacy #AffordableHealthcare
