PBM on the Rocks

Join Lord Dr Jeremy and the PUTT crew as they band together with patients, pharmacists, physicians, and other advocacy organizations to protest PBM abusive practices at Optum HQ in Eden Prairie, MN.

Special Guests: Mike Kolzer host of The Business of Pharmacy podcast, Bil Schmidtknect (@angrydadwi), Claudia Holley & Julie Baak from Arthritis Center STL, John Farina of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Douglas Hoey CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Organization, and Matt Stoller of the American Economic Liberties Project

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Protest Cocktail Menu:

• airplane bottles of Jameson
• Spotted Cow beer
• Sprinkler water (listen to find out how!)

Grab and drink & join this month's very special cocktail crew as they discuss the many reasons why this September's Friday the 13th protest at OptumRx is so important, and how raising your voice about the issues is crucial for advocating across the healthcare spectrum.

Special Guests: Angry Dad Bil Schmidtknecht (@angrydadwi), AIDS Healthcare Foundation's (@AIDShealthcare) John Farina, Independent Pharmacy Alliance's (@IPAPharmacies) Anthony Reznik, & Arthritis Center STL's (@ArthritisSTL) Claudia Holley

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Episode Cocktail Menu:

• Classic Old Fashioned
• High Noon
• Irish Whiskey in a glass (it's our host Lord Dr Jeremy - of course there's Irish whiskey)

Listen in as Lord Dr Jeremy and the PBM OTR cocktail crew host special guests Mike Koelzer, host of The Business of Pharmacy podcast, and Thu Nguyen, co-host of the podcast Hey Rx Friends We Got This

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Production by Shannon Wightman-Girard

Join this month's PBM Reform cocktail crew as they discuss PBM exec lies during the recent Congressional hearing, the FTC Open Commission meeting, and why applying pressure at both the state and federal levels is so critical to getting real, enforceable reform across the finish line!

Special Guest, Massachusetts pharmacy owner, Joe Chammas

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Join our host Lord Dr Jeremy as he discusses PBM antitrust issues, and the newly released FTC 6b study interim report with experts Matt Stoller and Greg Reybold.

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Join Lord Dr Jeremy and this month's cocktail crew as they discuss the importance of communication in advocacy, the newly released 3Axis report, and how PUTT is offering solutions to the PBM problem.

Special Guests: pharmacy owners & PUTT Executive Board members Brandi Chane and Lauren Young

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Production & Editing by Shannon Wightman-Girard

Join Lord Dr. Jeremy, the PUTT team, and the biggest names in pharmacy as they try to survive an open bar at the infamous APEX cocktail reception!

Join the PBMOTR cocktail crew as they pick apart CPESN's Express Scripts partnership announcement, shed light on how states like New York, Florida, and Louisiana are getting real work done, and why PUTT's voice is so important in the fight - because when it comes to combatting PBM mafia tactics, enforcing reimbursement reform is the only way ALL pharmacies will be able to stay in business.

Special Guests: Danny Dang, incoming President, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York (PSSNY), & Andrew Russell, MN Independent Pharmacist

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Episode Cocktail Menu:

• the Jubilee
• Gentleman Jack on ice
• Singtop beer
• the Algorithmic Price Fixer
• Spicy Paloma
• the Cross-Eyed Chiller
• Tom Collins

Find all the PBM on the Rocks cocktails at TruthRx.org/pbm-on-the-rocks

Production & Editing by Shannon Wightman-Girard

It's the LIVE version of PBM on the Rocks!

Join Lord Dr Jeremy as he hosts a battalion of guests including NCPA CEO Doug Hoey, Arthritis Center STL's Julie Baak, independent pharmacy lawyer Mark Boesen, Pharmacy Dr of Comedy Maurice Shaw, and other drop in friends like Unite for Safe Medications' Loretta Boesing, PUTT board member Brandi Chane, the Angry Pharmacist, and Shane Jerominski aka the Accidental Pharmacist.

Our live broadcast from #ProtestExpressScripts is full of raw emotion and a few surprises - definitely an episode not to be missed!

(even though we're sure the helicopter fly-bys were orchestrated by ESI)

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It's not difficult to equate vertically-integrated corporate control of American healthcare with "the Dark Side" - which makes patient advocates like Jen Laws of CANN, pro-independent pharmacy lawyers like Miguel Rodriguez of APRx, and the board members of Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency definitely part of "the Rebel Alliance"!

The subject for this episode's cocktail discussion - How can we as advocates overcome the Big PBM/Health Insurance Death Star?

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Episode Cocktail Menu:

• Han Shot First
• Tatooine Sunset
• BB8 Bellini
• Qui Gon Jinn & Tonic
• Baby Yoda Margarita
• Spicy Mango-lorian
• Qui Gon Gin

Editing & Production by Shannon Wightman-Girard