By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


Pharmacy benefit managers: Talk about a rigged system

Rigged this, rigged that. Everyone screams ‘rigged’ these days. But in this case, it really is rigged, i.e. pharmaceutical pricing. Specifically, the pricing system overseen by so-called pharmacy benefit managers, or P.B.M.s. … And this is just one facet of our bloated, overly expensive health-care system. Think of what’s happening behind the scenes regarding pricing for medical devices, blood tests, hospital stays, ambulance services, etc. etc.

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