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@upnortpharm.bsky.social
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Independent pharmacy owner, PUTT Board Member, Co-Chair PUTT Action Network, MNIndys

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UpNortPharm @upnortpharm.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Uhh so max of $160mil for the year? UHG just posted $111.7billion in revenues for Q1 2026.. Billion with a B.. This would just be another cost of doing business for them that they can use to justify raising premiums. What if we work on busting up the vertically integrated monopolies instead.
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 16/04/2026
PUTT members are proud to stand alongside Congresswoman Harshbarger and Congressman Auchincloss who are true champions for #PBMreform and patient-first policies. Together, we're pushing for transparency, accountability, and a fairer future for independent pharmacies & their patients. #pharmsky
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 17/04/2026
When Roger Marshall pointed to community pharmacists in the crowd and asked about auditing TRICARE, it wasn’t just a moment... it was a message. Military families, and the pharmacists who serve them, deserve nothing less than a system that works for patients - not middlemen. #AuditTRICARE #PBMReform
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 16/10/2025
CONGRATULATIONS to PUTT's incredible Board Member @upnortpharm.bsky.social! Recipient of the Minnesota Pharmacists Association Excellence in Innovation Award! 👏👏👏 #pharmacy #IndependentPharmacy #PatientsBeforeProfits #PharmSky
PUTT Board Member Andrew Russell - 2025 MPhA Excellence in Innovation Award
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 22/04/2025
PUTT board members like @upnortpharm.bsky.social are constantly advocating for #IndependentPharmacy - in their own states and nationwide! Bring Your Voice!! Visit TruthRx.org or contact us for more information Keeping local pharmacies open | @thejournal.ie www.nujournal.com/opinion/lett...
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Keeping local pharmacies open
To the editor: The local pharmacy isn’t just a place to pick up prescriptions—we are a lifeline. I’ve spent years helping patients manage their medications, answering late-night phone calls, and ensur...
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UpNortPharm @upnortpharm.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Huge thank you to MN Attorney General @agellison.bsky.social for signing on to this letter. Pharmacy Benefit Managers owning pharmacies and setting reimbursement rates for themselves and their direct competitors is a glaring conflict of interest and should certainly be addressed by congress.
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 15/04/2025
The National Association of Attorneys General, on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territory AGs, sent a letter to Congress urging them to pass an act prohibiting #PBMs from owning or operating pharmacies #PharmSky #PBMreform Read the Letter: www.naag.org/press-releas...
Thank you AGs for supporting patients over profits!
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 11/04/2025
NEW EPISODE‼ PBM Reform, Conflicts of Interest, & Anti-Monopoly After Lina Khan | PBM on the Rocks 🎧LISTEN NOW🎧 player.captivate.fm/episode/6eec... #PBMreform #PharmSky @econliberties.bsky.social @hokiepharm.bsky.social @upnortpharm.bsky.social @moniquewhitney.bsky.social @linamkhan.bsky.social
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PBM Reform, Conflicts of Interest, & Anti-Monopoly After Lina Khan
Quickly and easily listen to PBM on the Rocks for free!
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 07/03/2025
NEW EPISODE ALERT‼ Association Unity, Grassroots Advocacy, & Making Independent Pharmacy Voices Heard | PBM on the Rocks podcast player.captivate.fm/episode/6304... #advocacy #PharmSky @hokiepharm.bsky.social @upnortpharm.bsky.social @moniquewhitney.bsky.social @brandichane.bsky.social
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Association Unity, Grassroots Advocacy, & Making Independent Pharmacy Voices Heard
Quickly and easily listen to PBM on the Rocks for free!
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 15/02/2025
Ear Candy for your #Valentine Weekend - Have You Caught the Newest Episode? 🎧CATCH IT NOW🎧 youtu.be/m9b5J5it_cY #MedSky #PharmSky @hokiepharm.bsky.social @safemedicines.bsky.social @moniquewhitney.bsky.social @upnortpharm.bsky.social @brandichane.bsky.social @foreverlaurenyoung.bsky.social
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Counterfeit Medications, Rx Pricing Scams, and the Human Cost of PBM Practices
YouTube video by Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 12/02/2025
We 💙Our Listeners! Don't miss the newest episode of PBM on the Rocks, airing this Friday, February 14th! @safemedicines.bsky.social @hokiepharm.bsky.social @brandichane.bsky.social @foreverlaurenyoung.bsky.social @moniquewhitney.bsky.social @upnortpharm.bsky.social
New episode of PBM on the Rocks (the podcast) airs this Friday, February 14th
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss @repauchincloss.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Specialty steering is a one-two punch of price-gouging and self-dealing in which pharmacy benefit managers mark-up the price of generic medicines and then steer the reimbursement towards affiliated pharmacies. It raises premiums for everybody. youtube.com/shorts/18jjf...
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Rep. Auchincloss on second interim FTC report on PBMs
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Antonio Ciaccia @aciaccia.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
After years of PBMs accusing critics of cherry-picking examples of big markups on specialty drugs, this new FTC report reveals that PBMs have been in the cherry-farming business all along. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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FTC Releases Second Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen
The Federal Trade Commission today published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, which focuses on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) influence over specialty g
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Jeremy Counts @hokiepharm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
President of @truthrx.bsky.social Deborah Keaveny in a great interview on the harms PBMs are doing to the healthcare infrastructure of this country. #PharmSky www.fox9.com/news/healthc...
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Healthcare insurance companies blamed for 'pharmacy deserts' in Minnesota
Minnesota has lost hundreds of pharmacies in a little over a decade, creating "pharmacy deserts" that are forcing people to travel a lot farther or rely on mail service to obtain their prescription me...
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Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency @truthrx.org · 19/12/2024
Open Letter to the 118th Congress: Thank You for Fighting for PBM Reform | PUTT Medium puttrx.medium.com/open-letter-... #PBMreform #PharmacistsFightBack #TwitterRx #independentpharmacy #PatientsBeforeMonopolies
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Open Letter to the 118th Congress: Thank You for Fighting for PBM Reform
To the Members of Congress Who Fought for PBM Reform Legislation,
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Antonio Ciaccia @aciaccia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
PBMs’ undefeated streak in DC rolls on
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Jeremy Counts @hokiepharm.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"It's not uncommon for me to spend over 100 hours trying to get a case of return" -- Julie Baak "Overturned" is an excellent video by Wendell Potter featuring the work of Julie and Claudia demanding insurers take care of patients. open.substack.com/pub/healthca... #Pharmsky #Medsky
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Watch the New Mini Documentary "Overturned"
"Health insurance is the biggest scam in the history of the United States of America."
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Jeremy Counts @hokiepharm.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
#Pharmsky
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UpNortPharm @upnortpharm.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Happy Holidays! Except for you PrimeTherapeutics, no I will not waive my past, present, and future due process rights as a condition of network participation… #PBMafia tactics @truthrx.bsky.social
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UpNortPharm @upnortpharm.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Huge Thank You to @BettyMcCollum04 for being the first MN Representative to sponsor #HR9096 the Pharmacists Fight Back Act!
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