stackyFACTSPharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) exist almost entirely to siphon money out of the supply chain. They negotiate massive rebates for themselves while ensuring the retail cost of a basic, hundred-year-old formula like insulin stays high enough to fund their corporate yachts.
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