[HN Gopher] PBM Drug Pricing Distortion Report
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       PBM Drug Pricing Distortion Report
        
       Author : toomuchtodo
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2025-11-11 20:34 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | Original title "This drug pricing distortion was supposed to go
       | extinct. It's never been more alive." reworded for context.
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       | Mods: please feel free to update to your liking.
        
       | lotsofpulp wrote:
       | > As long-time industry researchers, we understand that drug
       | affordability is a complicated problem with many cooks in the
       | kitchen that can impact the end cost of a medicine.
       | 
       | As someone who can look up double digit profit margins for Eli
       | Lilly/J&J/Pfizer/Novartis/Novo Nordisk/Abbvie/Merck/etc, it
       | doesn't look like a complicated problem.
        
         | briffle wrote:
         | you should really look up the profit margins of the largest
         | PBM's, but they are now wholely owned by large insurance
         | companies, or pharmacies. They are the middle men, and get a
         | cut (and often rebates for selling over a certain amount)
         | 
         | https://www.drugchannels.net/2025/03/the-top-pharmacy-benefi...
        
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