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Iowa lege passes a bill that would require PBMs to use one reimbursement list, pay pharmacies a $10.68 per-script dispensing feel. By Robin Opsahl.
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Iowa House sends bill regulating pharmacy benefit managers to Gov. Kim Reynolds • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Pharmacists and supporters said the bill will help rural pharmacies stay in business, but opponents say it could lead to higher drug costs.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Iowa lege passes a bill that would require PBMs to use one reimbursement list, pay pharmacies a $10.68 per-script dispensing feel. By Robin Opsahl.
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/05/12/i...
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/05/12/i...
Iowa passes laws intended to limit the powers of big pharmacy middlemen to use arbitrary pricing and to steer patients to affiliated pharmacies. By Robin Opsahl of the Ohio Capital Dispatch.
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Bill regulating pharmacy benefit managers passes Iowa Senate • Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Iowa Senate passed the measure Monday which supporters said will help rural pharmacies in the state stay in business.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Iowa passes laws intended to limit the powers of big pharmacy middlemen to use arbitrary pricing and to steer patients to affiliated pharmacies. By Robin Opsahl of the Ohio Capital Dispatch.
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Even before President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of tariffs on April 2, three-fourths of businesses surveyed by the Cleveland Fed said they would have to raise prices in response. Some said they already were. Via @martyschladen.bsky.social.
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Businesses say Trump tariffs will raise prices and decrease demand, Cleveland Fed survey shows
Businesses are worried about passing tariff consequences on to consumers.
www.crainscleveland.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Even before President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of tariffs on April 2, three-fourths of businesses surveyed by the Cleveland Fed said they would have to raise prices in response. Some said they already were. Via @martyschladen.bsky.social.
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When Ohio took control of its Medicaid drug benefits program from conflicted intermediaries, they were able to pay pharmacy providers more and still save up to $140 million.
When you trade conflicts for transparency, you win big.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
When you trade conflicts for transparency, you win big.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen, paid pharmacies more and saved $140 million, report says • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Department of Medicaid department in 2022 gave powerful prescription drug middlemen the boot and created a new system. The result: Fees paid to pharmacies were boosted more than 1,200% while ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When Ohio took control of its Medicaid drug benefits program from conflicted intermediaries, they were able to pay pharmacy providers more and still save up to $140 million.
When you trade conflicts for transparency, you win big.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
When you trade conflicts for transparency, you win big.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
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From @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com - how Trump is revoking legal status from immigrants WHO ARE PAYING TAXES in order to be able to deport them. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/14/m...
Migrants in Ohio, Michigan and elsewhere scramble as Trump changes the rules • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of migrants to Ohio and and other states found themselves in a dangerous state of limbo last week as their permission to be here was suddenly revoked. Court challenges are being raised, but ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
From @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com - how Trump is revoking legal status from immigrants WHO ARE PAYING TAXES in order to be able to deport them. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/14/m...
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As Trump tries to fire them, antitrust officials continue to investigate the medical sector. @martyschladen.bsky.social w/ @ohiocapitaljournal.com reports ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/02/a...
As Trump tries to fire them, antitrust officials continue to investigate the medical sector • Ohio Capital Journal
President Trump is trying to fire two members of the Federal Trade Commission. But on Monday night they said their work to root out anticompetitive practices by health care companies continues.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As Trump tries to fire them, antitrust officials continue to investigate the medical sector. @martyschladen.bsky.social w/ @ohiocapitaljournal.com reports ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/02/a...
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PBM spread pricing is sold as a risk mitigation strategy for plan sponsors.
In practice, it is almost always used a mechanism to increase financial risk for plan sponsors.
Few know better than @martyschladen.bsky.social 👇
In practice, it is almost always used a mechanism to increase financial risk for plan sponsors.
Few know better than @martyschladen.bsky.social 👇
Ohio pharmacy closures lead to fears of medicine deserts, especially in rural areas • Ohio Capital Journal
The number of retail pharmacies in Ohio last year dropped below 2,000, and it’s worsening fears that especially in low-income rural areas, people will find it even harder to get medicine, vaccines, an...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
PBM spread pricing is sold as a risk mitigation strategy for plan sponsors.
In practice, it is almost always used a mechanism to increase financial risk for plan sponsors.
Few know better than @martyschladen.bsky.social 👇
In practice, it is almost always used a mechanism to increase financial risk for plan sponsors.
Few know better than @martyschladen.bsky.social 👇
More than 50 Trump protests planned in Ohio this weekend, more than 1,000 across the United States.
April 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More than 50 Trump protests planned in Ohio this weekend, more than 1,000 across the United States.
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I had a "radical" idea. What if we made the immigration system work like US Americans think it does? 😳
Reporting by @martyschladen.bsky.social + research from @celindalake.bsky.social
ohioimmigrant.org/2025/03/07/2... #OhioIsHome
Reporting by @martyschladen.bsky.social + research from @celindalake.bsky.social
ohioimmigrant.org/2025/03/07/2... #OhioIsHome
20 years of taxes - what could be more American? - Ohio Immigrant Alliance
“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Immigrants know this intrinsically. President Trump’s immigration policy is pulling the rug out from under people who are currently document...
ohioimmigrant.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I had a "radical" idea. What if we made the immigration system work like US Americans think it does? 😳
Reporting by @martyschladen.bsky.social + research from @celindalake.bsky.social
ohioimmigrant.org/2025/03/07/2... #OhioIsHome
Reporting by @martyschladen.bsky.social + research from @celindalake.bsky.social
ohioimmigrant.org/2025/03/07/2... #OhioIsHome
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"What’s more American than working for 20 years + paying taxes?” @celindalake.bsky.social
NEW @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com -- what if we had an immigration system that works the way people think it does?
It would be a game-changer. 📖 👀
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
NEW @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com -- what if we had an immigration system that works the way people think it does?
It would be a game-changer. 📖 👀
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
The way people think immigration works and the way it really does • Ohio Capital Journal
Experts say many questions American have about immigration are based on misconceptions about how the immigration system currently works in the United States. They say the reality instead is an antiqua...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"What’s more American than working for 20 years + paying taxes?” @celindalake.bsky.social
NEW @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com -- what if we had an immigration system that works the way people think it does?
It would be a game-changer. 📖 👀
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
NEW @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com -- what if we had an immigration system that works the way people think it does?
It would be a game-changer. 📖 👀
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
If the immigration system just worked the way people think it does, we'd all be a lot better off, experts say.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
The way people think immigration works and the way it really does • Ohio Capital Journal
Experts say many questions American have about immigration are based on misconceptions about how the immigration system currently works in the United States. They say the reality instead is an antiqua...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If the immigration system just worked the way people think it does, we'd all be a lot better off, experts say.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/05/t...
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Since 2015:
📈 The population of Ohio increased 2.2%.
📈 Nationally, estimates show the number of retail pharmacy prescriptions increased 11.4%.
📉 The number of community pharmacies in Ohio decreased 15.8%.
You get what you pay for.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
📈 The population of Ohio increased 2.2%.
📈 Nationally, estimates show the number of retail pharmacy prescriptions increased 11.4%.
📉 The number of community pharmacies in Ohio decreased 15.8%.
You get what you pay for.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
An alarming trend: Ohio pharmacy closures spike, openings lag • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio's pharmacy closures have spiked in recent years, and the stores been closing in the communities that can least afford to lose them, according to a new data tool released by the Ohio Board of Phar...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Since 2015:
📈 The population of Ohio increased 2.2%.
📈 Nationally, estimates show the number of retail pharmacy prescriptions increased 11.4%.
📉 The number of community pharmacies in Ohio decreased 15.8%.
You get what you pay for.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
📈 The population of Ohio increased 2.2%.
📈 Nationally, estimates show the number of retail pharmacy prescriptions increased 11.4%.
📉 The number of community pharmacies in Ohio decreased 15.8%.
You get what you pay for.
@martyschladen.bsky.social
21 WFMJ 's Kaitlyn McCarthy digs into JobsOhio. Asks why way more incentives go to exploding Columbus than stagnating Youngstown. Again begs the question: Is JO giving billions in what used to be public money to corporations to do what they were already going to?
www.wfmj.com/story/524385...
www.wfmj.com/story/524385...
WATCHDOG: Current, former Ohio Lawmakers questioning JobsOhio
They claim this is to give them greater flexibility to work with companies to attract investment. But is it working? Some longtime critics are saying the state is not getting its money's worth.
www.wfmj.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
21 WFMJ 's Kaitlyn McCarthy digs into JobsOhio. Asks why way more incentives go to exploding Columbus than stagnating Youngstown. Again begs the question: Is JO giving billions in what used to be public money to corporations to do what they were already going to?
www.wfmj.com/story/524385...
www.wfmj.com/story/524385...
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“The lawsuits against the companies — CVS Health, United Health Group and Cigna-Express Scripts — accuse them of excluding cheaper forms of insulin from the formularies in pursuit of ever higher payments from drugmakers.” @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com
Pressure builds on prescription drug middlemen as the companies see stocks and profits rise • Ohio Capital Journal
A wide group of plaintiffs in a national insulin pricing lawsuit are seeking to add a group of shadowy companies set up by health conglomerates as they argue that two layers of prescription drug middl...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“The lawsuits against the companies — CVS Health, United Health Group and Cigna-Express Scripts — accuse them of excluding cheaper forms of insulin from the formularies in pursuit of ever higher payments from drugmakers.” @martyschladen.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com
Had a great discussion on the Common Sense Ohio podcast last week. Forget politics. Let's take a skeptical look at what officials are doing what used to be our money, and whether we're getting what they say we are.
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Analyzing JobsOhio: Is It a Secret Monopoly Funded by Ohio's Public Liquor Franchise?
Quickly and easily listen to Common Sense Ohio for free!
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February 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Had a great discussion on the Common Sense Ohio podcast last week. Forget politics. Let's take a skeptical look at what officials are doing what used to be our money, and whether we're getting what they say we are.
player.captivate.fm/episode/7cc7...
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People want Trump to deport criminals... so he told the people at Homeland Security who are investigating drug dealers, terrorists, and human traffickers to focus on deporting the undocumented instead. Seems to me people should know.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Thousands of DHS agents shift to deportation instead of drugs, weapons and human trafficking
Redeploying Homeland Security Investigations agents is part of a broader Trump effort. But some fear many serious transnational crimes will go unprobed.
www.usatoday.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
People want Trump to deport criminals... so he told the people at Homeland Security who are investigating drug dealers, terrorists, and human traffickers to focus on deporting the undocumented instead. Seems to me people should know.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Council on Foreign Relations fellow and Georgetown professor Charles Kupchan just now: "J.D. Vance's speech (in Germany) was in some ways bone-chilling."
Trump doesn't have a strategy on Ukraine, just an impulse. "There's no hymn sheet."
Trump doesn't have a strategy on Ukraine, just an impulse. "There's no hymn sheet."
February 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Council on Foreign Relations fellow and Georgetown professor Charles Kupchan just now: "J.D. Vance's speech (in Germany) was in some ways bone-chilling."
Trump doesn't have a strategy on Ukraine, just an impulse. "There's no hymn sheet."
Trump doesn't have a strategy on Ukraine, just an impulse. "There's no hymn sheet."
Everybody knows the American medical system if broken. Now there's a call for a big, big fix.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/20/a...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/20/a...
Antitrust group, Ohioans issue call to 'break up big medicine' • Ohio Capital Journal
Their message may come as zero surprise to the vast majority of Americans. But on Wednesday, advocates, experts and practitioners said the nation’s health care system is badly broken and dramatic meas...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Everybody knows the American medical system if broken. Now there's a call for a big, big fix.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/20/a...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/20/a...
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American history through another lens
Commentary from @martyschladen.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/02/19/a...
Commentary from @martyschladen.bsky.social
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American history through another lens • Michigan Advance
Many are terrified to take a new look at our culture’s stories through another’s eyes. Just look at all the fake frenzy over “DEI” and the many, many attempts to hide the glaring fact that dominant, w...
michiganadvance.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
American history through another lens
Commentary from @martyschladen.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/02/19/a...
Commentary from @martyschladen.bsky.social
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Ohio’s pharmacy closures have spiked in recent years, and the stores have closed in the communities that can least afford to lose them, according to a new data tool from the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. Via @martyschladen.bsky.social of @ohiocapitaljournal.com.
www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...
www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...
An alarming trend: Ohio pharmacy closures spike, openings lag
Ohio’s pharmacy closures have spiked in recent years, and the stores have been closing in the communities that can least afford to lose them, according to a new data tool released by the Ohio Board of...
www.crainscleveland.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ohio’s pharmacy closures have spiked in recent years, and the stores have closed in the communities that can least afford to lose them, according to a new data tool from the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. Via @martyschladen.bsky.social of @ohiocapitaljournal.com.
www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...
www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...
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"By whatever name, the inflated list prices and resulting Manufacturer Payments are a quid pro quo for inclusion and favorable placement on the PBMs’ formularies.”
@martyschladen.bsky.social
@martyschladen.bsky.social
Unions file suit against drug middlemen, insulin makers on behalf of thousands, Ohio, elsewhere • Ohio Capital Journal
Unions that provide health benefits to nearly a half-million workers — including many in Ohio — have filed nearly identical lawsuits against the biggest insulin makers and against the pharmacy middlem...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"By whatever name, the inflated list prices and resulting Manufacturer Payments are a quid pro quo for inclusion and favorable placement on the PBMs’ formularies.”
@martyschladen.bsky.social
@martyschladen.bsky.social
Why did people die in a tragic mid-air collision over the Potomac? DEI, of course. Duh!
Expect much more of this nonsense.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
Expect much more of this nonsense.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Why did people die in a tragic mid-air collision over the Potomac? DEI, of course. Duh!
Expect much more of this nonsense.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
Expect much more of this nonsense.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
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YouGov
Just 3 in 10 Britons (30%) say that it was right for the UK to vote to leave the EU
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55% who say it was wrong….the lowest proportion of the public saying that Britain was right to vote to leave since the pollster began asking this question after the referendum
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Just 3 in 10 Britons (30%) say that it was right for the UK to vote to leave the EU
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55% who say it was wrong….the lowest proportion of the public saying that Britain was right to vote to leave since the pollster began asking this question after the referendum
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Number of Britons who think Brexit was right decision hits new low, new YouGov poll shows — The Independent
On the five-year anniversary of Britain’s EU exit, new YouGov polling lays bare damning public sentiment on the decision
apple.news
January 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
YouGov
Just 3 in 10 Britons (30%) say that it was right for the UK to vote to leave the EU
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55% who say it was wrong….the lowest proportion of the public saying that Britain was right to vote to leave since the pollster began asking this question after the referendum
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Just 3 in 10 Britons (30%) say that it was right for the UK to vote to leave the EU
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55% who say it was wrong….the lowest proportion of the public saying that Britain was right to vote to leave since the pollster began asking this question after the referendum
apple.news/AyI9jhc2eQaK...
OH AG Yost said it's safe for some with temporary protected status to return to their home countries. He didn't name any.
Ohio AG and 17 others question protections for immigrants from dangerous home countries ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/27/o...
Ohio AG and 17 others question protections for immigrants from dangerous home countries ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/27/o...
Ohio AG and 17 others question protections for immigrants from dangerous home countries • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 17 other Republican attorneys general are questioning the temporary protected status for immigrants from 17 distressed countries.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
OH AG Yost said it's safe for some with temporary protected status to return to their home countries. He didn't name any.
Ohio AG and 17 others question protections for immigrants from dangerous home countries ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/27/o...
Ohio AG and 17 others question protections for immigrants from dangerous home countries ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/27/o...
This is a hugely important issue, and it seems to be gathering momentum.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/17/a...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/17/a...
Amid federal uncertainty, advocates and officials highlight state-level antitrust fights • Ohio Capital Journal
It's unclear whether Donald Trump will continue the Biden administration's focus on antitrust enforcement when he again becomes president Monday. But advocates and state officials say that regardless ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is a hugely important issue, and it seems to be gathering momentum.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/17/a...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/17/a...