But as time has gone on, we have watched PBMs become extremely vertically integrated. What do I mean by that? Insurers have purchased PBMs and pharmacies, so we have vertical integration happening. There's no savings being passed on to you, the consumer. So what happens? It's keeping drug prices artificially inflated. Pharmacies not owned by PBMs, they're forcing them to actually sell drugs at below cost or forcing them to close their doors. (01:16–01:21)
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Asserts that consumers are not receiving savings from the integration of PBMs and insurers.
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