Podcast Episode Recommendation: Politico Pulse Check, Episode 398

My followers may recall that I have previously shared a particular podcast (the episode I sharedhttps://blog.sstrumello.com/2023/01/podcast-episode-recommendation-politico.html was about Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company), specifically a podcast known as Politico Pulse Check. For a quick refresher, Politico describes its Pulse Check podcast this way: " Politico Pulse Check delivers the latest news in healthcare with sharp policy analysis and a dose of real-world perspective " . In other words, " Pulse Check " is about healthcare and healthcare policy emanating from Washington, DC.Anyway, on February 23, 2023, Politico Pulse Check had a rather interesting episode entitled " PBM reform effort intensifies on Capitol Hill " which was worth a listen. The episode is only about 10 minutes long, and yet they covered a few things which may be of interest to those with Type 1 diabetes interested in politics surrounding healthcare policy. Of particular note is how Politico now seems to be hinting that not only could we still potentially see legislation on PBM reform in spite of a divided Congress. Ordinarily, divided legislatures accomplish next to nothing, but this time could be different, at least when it comes to PBM reform.It is still relevant to acknowledge that while Republicans managed to gain control of the House of Representatives during the midterm elections, they had the smallest gain in seats for any opposing party in midterm elections in recent memory. That led to some fake...
Source: Scott's Web Log - Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Congress PBM ' Pharmacy Benefit Managers politico rebate reform Source Type: blogs