Consumer Driven Health Care

"Millions of Americans with diabetes need insulin to survive, yet for many of these vulnerable patients, their insulin drug costs have skyrocketed over the past decade thanks in part to powerful PBMs and their greed," said Rahul Rao, deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition.

More than 8 in 10 say health care is either their top priority (35%) or among their top three priorities (50%).

Theo Merkel, a Paragon Health analyst, spoke up for individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements.

Automating and optimizing the prior authorization process with intelligent technology closes the AI adoption gap, delivers ROI for health plans, significantly enhances care quality, and reduces the administrative burden for providers.

Prescription drug costs are the primary factor driving prices up in the health benefits space.

The FTC says it has clear authority to help policymakers understand how PBMs work.

Cuban, the founder of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug mail-order pharmacy, said the main rebate funding mechanism is the sick employee, in a recent webinar.

The DOJ settled a whistleblower case with Walgreens, which claimed "issues with its billing systems" led to prescriptions billed to Medicare and Medicaid that were never dispensed at the pharmacy.