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Marion E Mass, M.D. #patientsfirst #scrubsnotsuits Profile picture
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Apr 10, 2021 • 8 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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AHA!!! We all know that BCBS Is the biggest individual Health Care Insurance donor to congress over the past 20 years, right? opensecrets.org/federal-lobbyi…
2. How did BCBS get so rich? They were originals.
@BCBSAssociation the insurance co with the LONGEST In house owned #PBM: Prime theraputics
PBM are the insurers cash cows. 💵🐄
@Cigna revenues tripled when they bought Express Scripps. 60% of @CVSHealth revenues from PBM
It's all on their website under history: primetherapeutics.com/en/about/histo…
In 2005, BCBS's PBM Prime they got the mail order pharmacy thing going
probably the first. 💵💵💵
Cashcow getting hungry, eh?
Moooo! 🐄
2008: Viola! Birth of the specialty pharmacy for BCBS's #PBM, prime. Let's get richer, shall we? 💵💵
@jack can I have a blue check for exposing this stuff?
How do you get a blue check anyways?
Can we invent a purple check?
What is the Accredation Committee on Healthcare? @EricTopol @donberwick @SeemaCMS do you know?
This is from BCBS's #PBM site, Prime Theraputics
Are you #braveenough @RUBraveEnough to answer?
Why is @Walgreens now involved with BCBS #PBM?
Is @WBA_Global part as well?
Is this why so many mergers, @FTC ?
All of the above screenshots from Prime theraputics website. primetherapeutics.com/en/about/histo…
Prime+ blueCross's #PBM
So this is why I asked this question in 2017, when I knew much less. But I thought following the $$ was the right thing to do.
FOLLOW THE HEALTH CARE MONEY! 💵💵💵 inquirer.com/philly/blogs/h… @PhillyInquirer

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Marion E Mass, M.D. #patientsfirst #scrubsnotsuits Profile picture
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Years ago, I went to a meeting in Philadelphia. The after lunch lecture was all about quality measures. They were all the CMS people up on stage yapping about what the quality measures were doing. I honestly don’t even know what they were saying. When they were done, they asked for questions.…1/3
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The CMS experts all looked at each other… 2/4 🧵
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( incidentally if you meet me in person, please everyone call me ‘Miss’ so I can feel a little bit younger. Haha 3/4 🧵
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.@ChrisMurphyCT, we can't help Denise ( and many other patients) with unaffordable meds without #PBM reform. PBM are at the center of drug finances...Pic from Millman
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a 🧵 In prep 4 today's 1pm @SenateHELP hearing on making #insulin affordable.
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According 2 a 2021 @SenFinance "rebates" alone accounted for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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