Brigham Buhler

Yeah, and to even further highlight the level of corruption and corporate capture, I sent you and Jamie an article. I don't even remember the news outlet. But when you look, who owns that news outlet? Okay, well, it says most of its funding comes from this PR firm. Then when we go to look at who owns the PR firm, it's Monsanto that owns the PR firm that got this other – and it's always layered.

Yeah, and to even further highlight the level of corruption and corporate capture, I sent you and Jamie an article. I don't even remember the news outlet. But when you look, who owns that news outlet? Okay, well, it says most of its funding comes from this PR firm. Then when we go to look at who owns the PR firm, it's Monsanto that owns the PR firm that got this other – and it's always layered.

Yeah, and to even further highlight the level of corruption and corporate capture, I sent you and Jamie an article. I don't even remember the news outlet. But when you look, who owns that news outlet? Okay, well, it says most of its funding comes from this PR firm. Then when we go to look at who owns the PR firm, it's Monsanto that owns the PR firm that got this other – and it's always layered.

It's never abundantly clear. Like it's hard – the other one we talked about was –

It's never abundantly clear. Like it's hard – the other one we talked about was –

It's never abundantly clear. Like it's hard – the other one we talked about was –

the atlantic you know and as i peel the layers back to the atlantic it was owned by bradley who made his money uh being a consultant for big pharma and pharmacy benefit managers he sold a big chunk of his company off to optum which is one of the dirtiest pharmacy benefit managers out there and we broke that down on your previous podcast the pharmacy benefit managers for those listeners that don't know were established in the 70s and 80s with the goal of driving down the cost of prescription drug care for america

the atlantic you know and as i peel the layers back to the atlantic it was owned by bradley who made his money uh being a consultant for big pharma and pharmacy benefit managers he sold a big chunk of his company off to optum which is one of the dirtiest pharmacy benefit managers out there and we broke that down on your previous podcast the pharmacy benefit managers for those listeners that don't know were established in the 70s and 80s with the goal of driving down the cost of prescription drug care for america

the atlantic you know and as i peel the layers back to the atlantic it was owned by bradley who made his money uh being a consultant for big pharma and pharmacy benefit managers he sold a big chunk of his company off to optum which is one of the dirtiest pharmacy benefit managers out there and we broke that down on your previous podcast the pharmacy benefit managers for those listeners that don't know were established in the 70s and 80s with the goal of driving down the cost of prescription drug care for america

But it got captured by the insurance companies. So Cigna, Aetna, CVS Health, all of those companies now own these middlemen that are negotiating rebates. So it's important to understand because those rebate dollars are held at that company and they're making billions off of chronic disease. Billions.

But it got captured by the insurance companies. So Cigna, Aetna, CVS Health, all of those companies now own these middlemen that are negotiating rebates. So it's important to understand because those rebate dollars are held at that company and they're making billions off of chronic disease. Billions.

But it got captured by the insurance companies. So Cigna, Aetna, CVS Health, all of those companies now own these middlemen that are negotiating rebates. So it's important to understand because those rebate dollars are held at that company and they're making billions off of chronic disease. Billions.

So if you're on a GLP-1 weight loss drug for the rest of your life and they've negotiated rebates to the pharmacy benefit plans that they own, they're oftentimes holding 40 to 50 percent of their profitability in a shell company that's not disclosed to the American public or the U.S. government.

So if you're on a GLP-1 weight loss drug for the rest of your life and they've negotiated rebates to the pharmacy benefit plans that they own, they're oftentimes holding 40 to 50 percent of their profitability in a shell company that's not disclosed to the American public or the U.S. government.

So if you're on a GLP-1 weight loss drug for the rest of your life and they've negotiated rebates to the pharmacy benefit plans that they own, they're oftentimes holding 40 to 50 percent of their profitability in a shell company that's not disclosed to the American public or the U.S. government.

And when they establish a Medicare price point on a drug, they base it off of the average wholesale price in America. And that's important because they artificially inflated the fucking average wholesale price. And they're giving themselves a rebate on the back end. But the government doesn't have line of sight into that. And they know it's happening now. It's been exposed.

And when they establish a Medicare price point on a drug, they base it off of the average wholesale price in America. And that's important because they artificially inflated the fucking average wholesale price. And they're giving themselves a rebate on the back end. But the government doesn't have line of sight into that. And they know it's happening now. It's been exposed.

And when they establish a Medicare price point on a drug, they base it off of the average wholesale price in America. And that's important because they artificially inflated the fucking average wholesale price. And they're giving themselves a rebate on the back end. But the government doesn't have line of sight into that. And they know it's happening now. It's been exposed.

We talked about this again on your last five. But it's like I think it's the state of Idaho uncovered 230 million in fraud in one year. from the PBMs, one year. Now multiply that times all the states in the United States. And think about how much money is being made off of keeping people on prescription drugs.

We talked about this again on your last five. But it's like I think it's the state of Idaho uncovered 230 million in fraud in one year. from the PBMs, one year. Now multiply that times all the states in the United States. And think about how much money is being made off of keeping people on prescription drugs.