Cory Doctorow on Nostr: These are the monopoly cheerleaders who gave us the abomination that is the Pharmacy ...
These are the monopoly cheerleaders who gave us the abomination that is the Pharmacy Benefit Manager - a useless intermediary that gets to screw patients and pharmacists - and then let PBMs consolidate and merge with pharmacy monopolists.
One such inbred colossus is Change Healthcare, a giant PBM that is, in turn, a mere tendril of United Healthcare, which merged the company with Optum.
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