A whirlwind of a week. I regrouped on Wednesday and got a run in and some pottery wheel time and then it all fell apart again (in a good way) on Thursday where I forgot to leave my desk for hours and hours. One of those “I love working” and forget time exists. So much…
Yesterday afternoon, I caught the story that Johnson & Johnson was being sued by an employee who claims that the company (as an employer) was overpaying its pharmacy benefit manager (Express Scripts) and that these overpayments result in higher premiums, higher out-of-pocket expenses and limited increase in wages. The lawsuit uses an example of a…
We’re in that last work week before everyone dashes off. My own clients have headed for the hills (Short Hills?) and I’ve been baking and wrapping this week. It makes me appreciate the usual day to day of policy and reimbursement more than I would have thought. Next week I’ll pull out the vision boards…
Driving home (the message.) Yesterday President Biden drove up to the National Institutes of Health and gave a speech about drug prices. My main issue with it is the traffic caused by shutting down the beltway and all the roads around my neighborhood. Okay and I think that a lot of the inflation penalties for…
Marching right past. Senator Bernie Sanders held up the head of the NIH hearings because he wanted to make sure march-in rights were part of the policy conversations on drug pricing. I can’t decide if march-in rights are like your 1st grade teacher asking for part of your salary because she was part of your…