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A Prescription for Better Care

28 pointsby rsuttongeeabout 9 years ago

4 comments

zeroxfeabout 9 years ago
The other side of the story, from the comments:<p>&quot;Express Scripts repeatedly warned PillPack that it was violating three standards, according to Henry: it labeled itself as a “retail pharmacy” in its contract when it is in fact a “mail-order pharmacy”; it shipped medications to a state where it was not licensed to do so; and operated without a license from URAC (formerly known as the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission), a nonprofit that helps promote health care quality by accrediting various medical care organizations.&quot;
salimmadjdabout 9 years ago
For PBM&#x27;s (they control your RX benefits for insurance companies) to also be a pharmacy is a huge conflict of interest. How it does not fall under antitrust laws is a surprise.<p>That being said, PillPack seem to be very small and was only supplying 1 out 25000 prescription fulfilled by Express Scripts [1] I also think PillPack didn&#x27;t want to label itself an &quot;online pharmacy&quot; for branding reasons, since &quot;online pharmacies&quot; are usually though of as places where you buy viagras, etc. which is what express script is arguing [1]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.buzzfeed.com&#x2F;stephaniemlee&#x2F;pillpack-vs-express-scripts#.asL8OBRgm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.buzzfeed.com&#x2F;stephaniemlee&#x2F;pillpack-vs-express-s...</a>
twoodfinabout 9 years ago
The lack of clarity over exactly why Express Scripts is &quot;blocking&quot; PillPack makes me suspect there&#x27;s more to this story.
adzmabout 9 years ago
PBMs recently seem to be getting dirtier. I would hope there are enough angry people to effect change after this debacle goes down.